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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:
Dec. 30, 1980
Filed:
Aug. 03, 1979
Applicant:
Inventor:
Thomas L De Fazio, Watertown, MA (US);
Assignee:
The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
408111 ; 3316 / ; 3318 / ;
Abstract
A passive mating system for aligning and engaging a tool device with a workpiece including: a remote center compliance device; guide structure for movably supporting the tool device, the remote center compliance device having a remote center proximate the end of the guide structure; structure for supporting the remote center compliance device; and a feeding device for providing relative motion between the tool device and the guide structure in the remote compliance device, to advance and retract the tool device through the remote center compliance device.