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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:
Jul. 06, 1982
Filed:
Apr. 16, 1980
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 ...
G01B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3316 / ; 3317 / ; 3318 / ;
Abstract
A deformable remote center compliance device including operator means, at least a portion of which is deformable, and having a first motion center; and a deformable support means for supporting the operator means to permit rotation about a projected second center and providing in conjunction with the operator means a remote center of compliance between the first and second centers at, near, or beyond the end of the operator means.