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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2019
Filed:
May. 12, 2017
Rami A. Alfattani, Makkah, SA;
Craig Lusk, Lutz, FL (US);
Rami A. Alfattani, Makkah, SA;
Craig Lusk, Lutz, FL (US);
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL (US);
Abstract
A bistable collapsible compliant mechanism including a first sub-mechanism comprising opposed first and second quaternary links and multiple binary links, each link being connected to at least two other links in the sub-mechanism, and a second sub-mechanism connected to the first sub-mechanism, the second sub-mechanism also comprising opposed first and second quaternary links and multiple binary links, each link being connected to at least two other links in the sub-mechanism, wherein the bistable collapsible compliant mechanism can be alternatively be placed in a stable extended orientation in which the bistable collapsible compliant mechanism has a trapezoidal shape and in a stable contracted orientation in which the bistable collapsible compliant mechanism has a polygonal spiral shape.