MUMBAI, India, June 27 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517054342 A) filed by Exonetik Inc., Sherbrooke, Canada, on June 5, for 'haptic actuator using magnetorheological fluid clutch apparatus.'
Inventor(s) include Julio, Guifre; and Lessard, Francois.
The application for the patent was published on June 27, under issue no. 26/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A magnetorheological fluid clutch apparatus may include an input assembly, and an output assembly. An annular space separating shear surfaces of the input assembly from the output assembly. Magnetorheological (MR) fluid in an MR fluid chamber including the at least one annular space, the MR fluid configured to transmit a variable amount of torque between the input assembly and the output assembly when subjected to a magnetic field. A coil(s) actuatable to deliver a magnetic field through the MR fluid in the annular space, the magnetic field controllable to transmit a variable amount of torque from the input assembly to the output assembly. A totality of seal(s) and bearing(s) contacting the output assembly are between the output assembly and the structure."
The patent application was internationally filed on Dec. 05, 2023, under International application No.PCT/CA2023/051610.
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