Positioning device for a member and drilling-direction control device for a drilling system employing said positioning device
CA 2106754 C · Owner: Japan National Oil Corporation · Inventors: Misawa, Toshiaki; Kiyosawa, Yoshihide; Sakata, Jun
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The present invention relates to a positioning device capable of positioning a member in any direction with a high degree of resolution by using a hollow type harmonic drive mechanism, and to a drilling-direction control device for a drilling system utilizing the positioning device. The device of the present invention is mainly constituted by a double eccentric mechanism section (10). A first annular member (12) is rotatably supported by a circular inner circumferential surface (11a) of the cylindrical member (11) of this mechanism section, and a second annular member (13) is rotatably supported by a circular inner circumferential surface (11b) of the first annular member. Further, the …
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- Filed January 20, 1993 and granted May 8, 2001. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 20, 2013.
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