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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2016
Spinex Tec, Llc, Gering, NE (US);
Omar F. Jimenez, Gering, NE (US);
Nicholas Ransom Powley, St. Paul, MN (US);
Andrew G. Fischer, Hopkins, MN (US);
Yefim Safris, Golden Valley, MN (US);
Spinex Tec, LLC, Gering, NE (US);
Abstract
An improved mechanism for expanding or lifting a device in accordance with various embodiments of the present invention is a coaxial screw gear sleeve mechanism. In various embodiments, coaxial screw gear sleeve mechanisms includes a post with a threaded exterior surface and a corresponding sleeve configured to surround the post, the corresponding sleeve having a threaded interior surface configured to interface with the threaded exterior surface of the post and a geared exterior surface. A drive mechanism can be configured to interface with the geared exterior surface of the sleeve, causing a device utilizing such a mechanism to expand or lift between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration.