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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2025
Filed:
May. 13, 2020
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Cambridge Enterprise Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Tryphon T. Georgiou, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Malcolm Clive Smith, Cambridge, GB;
Faryar Jabbari, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Neil E. Houghton, Cambridge, GB;
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Cambridge Enterprise Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Abstract
Embodiments of this disclosure are directed to devices that allow for adjusting of device parameters in a manner that does not involve power dissipation in an essential way. Thus, power demands when such devices are used in applications can be insignificant. This applies to both springs and inerters, which constitute basic lossless building blocks of mechanical device systems, and are analogues of inductors and capacitors in electrical circuits. Embodiments of this disclosure are also directed to a lossless adjustable 2-port transformer, and realization of mechanical translational and rotary transformers are set forth in the following. Embodiments of this disclosure allow for reduction of power demands in adjusting device parameters.