A mobile apparatus with a fluid pressure-operated implement mounted at a distal end of a boom includes a connection apparatus for selectively rotating the implement about an actuator axis at the distal end of the boom. The connection apparatus includes a rotary actuator and a pressurized fluid circuit for delivery of pressurized fluid through the rotary actuator to the implement. The pressurized fluid circuit includes channels establishing a fluidic connection axially through the rotating shaft of the rotary actuator. The pressurized fluid circuit facilitates passage of pressurized fluid through an internal, protected environment to the implement.

An actuator comprising a housing, a piston driven member axially movable within the housing and being coupled to the housing by a first pin and ramp coupling such that axial movement of the piston driven member relative to the housing is accompanied by angular movement of the piston driven member relative to the housing. The actuator includes an output member constrained against axial movement relative to the housing and coupled to the piston driven member by a second pin and ramp coupling such that both axial and angular movement of the piston driven member drive the output member for angular movement relative to the housing.

A stepper motor driven actuator system is provided. The system includes a stepper motor, a cam, and a gearbox system. The gearbox system operatively connects the stepper motor to the cam. The cam rotates in response to stepping of the stepper motor. The system also includes a valve having a control piston located therein. The control piston is configured to translate in response to rotation of the cam. The system further includes a rotary actuator. The rotary actuator is fluidly connected to the valve, and the rotary actuator is configured to rotate the cam in response to translation of the control piston.

A pneumatic drive mechanism for converting linear motion from compressed air into rotational motion for use in fare gates and other applications.

Ball screw rotary actuator with independent ball paths. In one embodiment, a ball screw rotary actuator includes an outer cylinder including a fluid port, a piston configured to translate within the outer cylinder due to fluid pressure, helical grooves disposed between the outer cylinder and the piston, and outer ball bearings configured to travel in the helical grooves to rotate the piston within the outer cylinder as the piston translates. The ball screw rotary actuator also includes an inner shaft situated radially inward of the piston, straight grooves disposed between the piston and the inner shaft, and inner ball bearings configured to travel in the straight grooves, and to rotate the inner shaft as the piston rotates.

The invention relates to a rotary actuator, converting actuator and method for producing rotation. The rotary actuator includes at least two rotation units for producing stepped angular displacements (Rs). The rotation unit includes a cylinder for producing linear movement (L) and a converter for converting the linear movement to rotation. The stepped rotary movements of the rotation units are transmitted by transmission elements to an output shaft.

A rotary actuator where a thrust bearing ring is positioned at an inside of a tube assembly accommodating oil, thereby reducing abrasion and damage caused by rolling friction and improving rotary power of an axle load by increasing hydraulic pressure of a piston. The rotary actuator includes the tube assembly, a piston, an axle load assembly, and a thrust bearing ring. The tube assembly is provided with a tube spiral portion where a spiral is formed at an inner circumference surface, and is formed of a first passage where oil flows into and out and a second passage spaced apart from the first passage by a fixed distance.

A fluid-powered rotary actuator having a body with a shaft disposed therein and having a linear-to-rotary force-converting member mounted for longitudinal movement within said body in response to the selective application of pressurized fluid thereto. The actuator uses a torque member having a flange portion attached to the body or an external structure and a grooved central portion. A piston sleeve has outward grooves meshing with inward grooves on the shaft and inward grooves for meshing with outward grooves on the torque member central portion. The body sidewall is not used as a torque transmission surface during fluid-powered operation of the actuator.

A mobile apparatus with a fluid pressure-operated implement mounted at a distal end of a boom includes a connection apparatus for selectively rotating the implement about an actuator axis at the distal end of the boom. The connection apparatus includes a rotary actuator and a pressurized fluid circuit for delivery of pressurized fluid through the rotary actuator to the implement. The pressurized fluid circuit includes channels establishing a fluidic connection axially through the rotating shaft of the rotary actuator. The pressurized fluid circuit facilitates passage of pressurized fluid through an internal, protected environment to the implement.

The present invention makes a rotary movement smooth, the rotary movement allowing direct detection of the movement of an output member of a rotary clamp. In a clamp, an output member is accommodated in a cylinder hole. A first valve chamber, to which compressed air is supplied, is provided between a lower wall of a housing and the output member. A second valve chamber is a hollowed out portion of the output member so as to be provided open toward the first valve chamber. A valve rod is inserted into the second valve chamber from the lower wall. A valve rod passage that allows the second valve chamber to communicate with outside air is provided in the valve rod, and a seal section is provided in a peripheral gap where the valve rod and the second valve chamber move relatively to one another. The gap is formed so that, as the valve rod and the second valve chamber are in relative movement, there is a region which is sealed by the seal section against movement of the compressed air through the gap between the valve rod and the second seal chamber and the there is a region which is open from the seal.