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Brigham Young University

Vmt Technologies LLC

Brian M Olsen

Larry L Howell

Spencer P Magleby

Eric Edwin Aston

William M Decker

Steven R Aposhian

Isaac R Jones

Terri C Bateman

Peter J Jones

Gary D Lee

Landen A Bowen

Brian T Barnum

Andrew J Orme

Regis A David

Devin D LeBaron

Avinesh Ojha

Eric E Aston

A moon gear assembly is provided that includes a moon arm assembly having a driving moon gear. A pivot pin is connected to the moon arm assembly, and an adjustment arm is connected to the moon arm assembly. The moon arm assembly may also include a body that defines a chamber, a worm gear disposed in the chamber and arranged to interact with the driving moon gear, and a motor disposed in the chamber and couple to the worm gear.

Moon gear assembly

A user-selectable force conversion apparatus includes a first and a second connecting member that are pivotally connected to each other between a sliding member and a fixed member. The apparatus also includes a leaf spring holder for removably retaining one or more leaf springs and loading the second connecting member with a substantially linear force response of the leaf springs. A user may change the combination of leaf springs and/or vary a length ratio for the first and second connecting members and thereby change the force response of the apparatus. Movement of the sliding member by the mechanical input may convert the substantially linear force response of the leaf springs to a user-selected force response for the mechanical input. A corresponding method is also disclosed.

User-selectable force conversion apparatus and method

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Los Alamos, NM, United States of America

Brian M Olsen