Patent ID: 9500265
Filing Date: 2016-11-22
CPC Classification: F16D,F16H,H02K,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A linear drive, comprising: a stator, a runner, a first and second rotative drive unit provided for driving said runner, and a first and second magnetorheological clutch, wherein said first rotative drive unit is coupleable to said runner using the first magnetorheological clutch, and wherein said second rotative drive unit is coupleable to said runner by the second magnetorheological clutch, wherein said first rotative drive unit provides a first output torque that acts upon said runner and said second rotative drive unit provides a second output torque that acts upon said runner and wherein the first output torque always acts upon said runner in the opposite direction to the second output torque when the linear drive is in use.