Patent ID: 7336009

Claim:
An apparatus for providing enhanced hobby servo motor torque capacity, the apparatus comprising: a hobby servo motor comprising a first side and a second side wherein the output shaft of the hobby servo motor has a limited range of rotational motion; a first platform displaced from but connected to a second platform wherein the first platform is positioned proximate to the first side of the hobby servo motor and the second platform is positioned proximate to the second side of the hobby servo motor; a first aperture defined within the first platform and configured to support the hobby servo motor; a second aperture defined within the first platform and configured to receive a rotatable shaft; a rotatable shaft mounted within the second aperture; a first gear attached to the output shaft of the hobby servo motor wherein the first gear is configured to engage a second gear attached to the rotatable shaft; and a second gear attached to the rotatable shaft wherein the diameter of the second gear is greater than the diameter of the first gear.