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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2016
Blockwise Engineering Llc, Tempe, AZ (US);
Jeremiah J. Warriner, Tempe, AZ (US);
Blockwise Engineering LLC, Tempe, AZ (US);
Abstract
A linear actuator provides linear displacement of an actuator plate. The linear actuator includes a set of base flexures that extend from a base plate to an actuator plate and a set of arm flexures that extend from a base arm to an actuator arm. The base arm of the base frame extends up perpendicularly from the base plate and the actuator arm, of the actuator frame, extends perpendicularly from the actuator plate. A base frame and actuator frame may be elbows that are arranged to form a box with the base flexures and arm flexures extending orthogonally within the cavity of the box. A flexure may include an extension element such as a pleated portion of the flexure that has stored length that enables the flexure to extend to increase the linear displacement region. The arm flexures prevent the base flexures from following a radius of motion.