阅读说明：本技术 一种基于双稳态单元的无中继三稳态机构 (Relay-free three-stable-state mechanism based on bistable unit ) 是由 陈贵敏 李玲玲 李博 夏鹏 于 2021-02-07 设计创作，主要内容包括：一种基于双稳态单元的无中继三稳态机构,包括双稳态单元、连接梁和连接块；连接块上等弧度固定连接有三个连接梁,每个连接梁的端部均连接有双稳态单元,形成无中继三稳态机构。本发明当给双稳态单元之一施加推力或拉力后,可改变包括该双稳态单元在内的两个双稳态单元的稳定位置,同时,也切换了三稳态机构的稳态,而且通过对整体机构的几何参数的调整,对于本机构的三个稳态对应的三个变形能局部极小值点,两两之间存在都低能量路径,从而使本三稳态机构任意两个稳态之间可以不经过终极状态而直接切换。(A relay-free three-stable state mechanism based on a bistable state unit comprises the bistable state unit, a connecting beam and a connecting block; the equal radian fixedly connected with three tie-beams on the connecting block, the tip of every tie-beam all is connected with bistable unit, forms no relay tristable mechanism. After pushing force or pulling force is applied to one of the bistable units, the stable positions of the two bistable units including the bistable unit can be changed, meanwhile, the stable state of the three-stable mechanism is also switched, and by adjusting the geometric parameters of the whole mechanism, three deformation energy local minimum points corresponding to the three stable states of the mechanism exist, and low energy paths exist between every two stable states, so that any two stable states of the three-stable mechanism can be directly switched without passing through the final state.)

1. A relay-free three-stable state mechanism based on a bistable unit is characterized by comprising the bistable unit, a connecting beam (4) and a connecting block (7); the three connecting beams (4) are fixedly connected to the connecting block (7), the end portion of each connecting beam (4) is connected with a bistable unit, each bistable unit comprises a forward bistable unit (1) and two reverse bistable units (2), and the end portions of all the bistable units are fixed to form a relay-free tristable mechanism.

2. The unrepeatered tristable mechanism based on bistable units of claim 1 wherein the bistable unit is a mechanism that provides stable dwell in two positions, in particular a bistable mechanism consisting of a rigid block (8) and several fixed-guided bistable beams (9).

3. The unrepeatered tristable mechanism based on bistable units of claim 2 wherein fixed-guided bistable beams (9) are symmetrically disposed at both ends of the rigid block (8); the fixed-guide type bistable beam (9) is a three-section type bistable mechanism or a buckling beam type bistable mechanism; the three-section type bistable mechanism comprises a middle block (10) and flexible branched chains (11), wherein the flexible branched chains (11) are symmetrically arranged at two ends of the middle block (10) to form a fixed-guide type bistable beam (9); the buckling beam type bistable mechanism is mutually parallel buckling beams.

4. The unrepeatered bistable mechanism based on bistable units of claim 2 wherein the number of fixed-guided bistable beams (9) is 2n or greater, n being 1, 2, 3 … ….

5. The mechanism of claim 1, wherein the connecting beam (4) is a flexible straight beam, and the connecting beam (4) can be bent and deformed during movement.

6. The unrepeatered tristable mechanism based on bistable elements of claim 1 wherein the connecting beam (4) is attached to the symmetry axis of the corresponding bistable element.

7. A bistable unit based unrepeatered tristable mechanism according to claim 1 wherein the connecting block (7) is a rigid block and the center of the connecting block (7) coincides with the intersection of the axes of symmetry of the three bistable units.

Technical Field

The invention belongs to the technical field of tristable mechanisms, and particularly relates to a non-relay tristable mechanism based on bistable units.

Background

The tristable mechanism has three balanced and stable positions in the movement range, so the tristable mechanism has application value in three-way valves, optical switching devices, mechanical memory and other aspects. The three stable states of a tristable mechanism can be divided into an initial stable state in which the mechanism is not deformed and two deformed stable states. For most of the three-stable mechanisms at present, due to the limitation of the configuration, when the two deformed stable states are switched with each other, the initial stable state is required to be an intermediate state of the switching process, and the switching delay is caused.

Disclosure of Invention

The present invention is directed to a tristable mechanism that can switch directly between any two stable states to solve the above problems.

In order to achieve the purpose, the invention adopts the following technical scheme:

a relay-free three-stable state mechanism based on a bistable state unit comprises the bistable state unit, a connecting beam and a connecting block; the connecting block is fixedly connected with three connecting beams, the end part of each connecting beam is connected with a bistable unit, each bistable unit comprises a forward bistable unit and two reverse bistable units, and the end parts of all the bistable units are fixed to form a relay-free tristable mechanism.

Further, the bistable unit is a mechanism capable of providing stable staying in two positions, in particular a bistable mechanism consisting of a rigid block and a plurality of fixed-guide type bistable beams.

Furthermore, the fixed-guide type bistable beams are symmetrically distributed at two ends of the rigid block; the fixed-guide type bistable beam is a three-section type bistable mechanism or a buckling beam type bistable mechanism; the three-section type bistable mechanism comprises a middle block and flexible branched chains, wherein the flexible branched chains are symmetrically arranged at two ends of the middle block to form a fixed-guide type bistable beam; the buckling beam type bistable mechanism is mutually parallel buckling beams.

Further, the number of the fixed-guide type bistable beams is not less than 2n, and n is 1, 2, and 3 … ….

Furthermore, the connecting beam is a flexible straight beam and can be bent and deformed in motion.

Further, the connection beam is connected to the symmetry axis of the corresponding bistable unit cell.

Furthermore, the connecting block is a rigid block, and the center of the connecting block coincides with the intersection point of the symmetry axes of the three bistable units.

Compared with the prior art, the invention has the following technical effects:

after pushing force or pulling force is applied to one of the bistable units, the stable positions of the two bistable units including the bistable unit can be changed, meanwhile, the stable state of the three-stable mechanism is also switched, and by adjusting the geometric parameters of the whole mechanism, three deformation energy local minimum points corresponding to the three stable states of the mechanism exist, and low energy paths exist between every two stable states, so that any two stable states of the three-stable mechanism can be directly switched without passing through the final state. Because this mechanism has three steady state position, and can directly switch each other, can be used to products such as multi-way switch, multichannel valve, compares with the tristable mechanism that has the relay state, and is corresponding more timely. In addition, the mechanism has the characteristics of simple structure, symmetry, low manufacturing cost and the like.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a first steady state schematic of the invention at start-up.

Fig. 2 is a second steady state diagram of the movement of fig. 1 to the left.

Fig. 3 is a second steady state diagram of the movement of fig. 2 to the right.

Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of a buckling beam type bistable mechanism instead of a three-stage bistable mechanism.

Detailed Description

The invention is further explained below with reference to the drawings of the embodiments.

A relay-free three-stable state mechanism based on a bistable state unit comprises the bistable state unit, a connecting beam 4 and a connecting block 7; the connecting block 7 is fixedly connected with three connecting beams 4 at equal radian, and the end part of each connecting beam 4 is connected with a bistable unit to form a relay-free tristable mechanism.

The bistable unit comprises a rigid block 8 and a fixed-guided bistable beam 9; the two ends of the rigid block 8 are respectively provided with a plurality of fixed-guide type bistable state beams 9, and the fixed-guide type bistable state beams 9 at the two ends of the rigid block 8 are symmetrically arranged.

The fixed-guide type bistable beam 9 comprises a middle block 10 and flexible branched chains 11, wherein the flexible branched chains 11 are symmetrically arranged at two ends of the middle block 10 to form the fixed-guide type bistable beam 9.

As shown in fig. 1, the three-dimensional display comprises three bistable units, wherein one bistable unit is used as a forward bistable unit 1, the other two bistable units are respectively used as reverse bistable units 2, the three bistable units are distributed in a triangular shape and are respectively connected with one beam, and the three beams are converged on one connecting block 7; the initial state of the tristable mechanism without any deformation is its first stable state.

After an initial first stable state applies a force along the symmetry axis of the reverse bistable unit 2 to the reverse bistable unit 2, the reverse bistable unit 2 will move along its own axis and then reach its second stable position, and at the same time, due to the action of the three beams connected by the connecting block 7, the forward bistable unit 1 will also reach its second stable position, at this time, the whole tristable mechanism is at the minimum point of elastic potential energy, and at the same time, the deformed tristable mechanism also reaches the second stable state, as shown in fig. 2.

Then a force is applied to the other reverse bistable cell 2 along the axis to move it a certain distance along the axis to its second stable position, while the reverse bistable cell 2 returns to its first stable position, while the state of the forward bistable cell 1 remains unchanged, and the present tristable mechanism reaches the third stable state as shown in fig. 3.

When the three-stable state mechanism is in one of two deformation stable states, force along the axis of any one bistable unit in the second stable position is applied to the bistable unit, so that the bistable unit returns to the first stable position, and the three-stable state mechanism can be restored to the initial first stable state.

It is clear from the three figures that the forward bistable unit 1, the reverse bistable unit one 2 and the connecting beam are structures capable of storing deformation energy, and stable balance at three independent positions can be realized by means of the deformation energy through proper geometric parameter adjustment, wherein the three stable positions correspond to local minimum points on a deformation energy curve.