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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2019
Applicant:
Etegent Technologies Ltd., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Inventors:
Stuart J. Shelley, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Richard Allan Roth, II, Goshen, OH (US);
Kevin Joseph Sigmund, Newtown, OH (US);
Assignee:
Etegent Technologies, Ltd., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 19/00 (2006.01); B25J 17/02 (2006.01); F16F 1/366 (2006.01); F16F 1/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 19/0091 (2013.01); B25J 17/0216 (2013.01); F16F 1/366 (2013.01); F16F 1/44 (2013.01); F16F 2224/0241 (2013.01); F16F 2224/025 (2013.01); F16F 2228/08 (2013.01); F16F 2230/0005 (2013.01); F16F 2236/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A strut suitable for use in parallel manipulator and other applications utilizes an actuation member that is subjected to a quasi-static axial tensioning force to effectively preload the strut to provide axial stiffness and bending flexibility at one or more ends of the strut.