Dual motor device
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1. An apparatus including a body and a moving portion, the apparatus comprising:
- a planetary gear system including a sun gear, a ring gear, and planetary gears;
a first motor in the body coupled to the sun gear to drive movement of the sun gear in the planetary gear system to control rotation;
a second motor in the body coupled to the ring gear to drive movement of the ring gear in the planetary gear system to control vibration; and
wherein the sun gear and the ring gear drive the planetary gears, and the planetary gears combine the rotation from the first motor and the vibration from the second motor; and
a carrier coupled to the planetary gears and the moving portion, the carrier to move the moving portion.
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Abstract
An apparatus comprising a first motor to control a rotation and a second motor to control a vibration of a moving portion of the apparatus. In one embodiment, the apparatus further comprises a controller to control of a ratio between the rotation and the vibration.
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1. An apparatus including a body and a moving portion, the apparatus comprising:
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a planetary gear system including a sun gear, a ring gear, and planetary gears; a first motor in the body coupled to the sun gear to drive movement of the sun gear in the planetary gear system to control rotation; a second motor in the body coupled to the ring gear to drive movement of the ring gear in the planetary gear system to control vibration; and wherein the sun gear and the ring gear drive the planetary gears, and the planetary gears combine the rotation from the first motor and the vibration from the second motor; and a carrier coupled to the planetary gears and the moving portion, the carrier to move the moving portion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of using an apparatus with a planetary gearing system comprising:
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setting a speed of rotation, using a first motor coupled to a sun gear to drive movement of the sun gear; setting a speed of vibration, using the second motor coupled to a ring gear to drive movement of the ring gear; and combining the rotation and the vibration, by planetary gears combining the rotation from the sun gear and the vibration from the ring gear, to create micro-rotations of a portion of the apparatus, and moving the portion of the apparatus by a carrier coupled to the planetary gears and the portion of the apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. An apparatus comprising:
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a vibration motor coupled to a ring gear to drive the ring gear to control a vibration motion; a rotation motor coupled to a sun gear to drive the sun gear to control a rotation motion; a planetary gearing including the sun gear and the ring gear, and planetary gears to combine the vibration motion and the rotation motion to create micro-rotations; a carrier coupled to the planetary gears and to a portion of the apparatus to move the portion of the apparatus; and a user interface to enable a user to select a setting, the setting controlling a speed and ratio of the vibration and the rotation.
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