Unbalanced hub design

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9933612
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15677488

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A optical device comprises a colour wheel, the colour wheel having a hub portion configured to act as a rotor for coupling to a motor and having a disk-shaped surface; an optically active radial portion, attached to or integrated with the hub portion and configured to optically process incident light; and a balancing adaptation to the disk-shaped surface of the hub portion, comprising one or more of: (a) a recess in the disk-shaped surface extending to an edge of the disk-shaped surface; (b) an annular groove in the disk-shaped surface having a non-uniform width and/or being non-concentric with the disk-shaped surface; (c) an annular groove in the disk-shaped surface, at least a portion of which is filled by a balancing mass part; and (d) a groove and/or a matrix of recesses in the disk-shaped surface arranged to define a portion of an annulus in shape.

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MATERION CORPORATION6070 PARKLAND BOULEVARD MAYFIELD HEIGHTS OH 44124

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Cao, Simon Shanghai, CN 37 393
Liu, Xin Shanghai, CN 657 8645
Xu, Irene Shanghai, CN 2 2

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