Patent ID: 6715377
Filing Date: 2004-04-06
Classification: A61P,B60R,Y10T

Abstract:
A drive system for a movement mechanism comprising a substantially spherical holder and a substantially spherical bowl which, one inserted into the other, are rotatable elative to each other about a first axis, the X-axis, and a second axis, the Y-axis, which axes lie in a plane substantially coinciding with the plane of the outer edge of the holder or extending parallel thereto, characterized in that the holder, viewed in the X-Y plane, comprises two mutually perpendicular slots provided through the holder, each of said slots having an adjusting element provided therein for motor displacement, said adjusting element further being freely movable in the bowl in a direction, viewed in the X-Y plane, perpendicular to the direction of the relevant slot in the holder, wherein, further, the adjusting element is in an operative connection, through the relevant slot in the holder, with a drive mechanism placed in the holder, said drive mechanism being connected to a motor that is likewise placed in the holder.