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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. 03, 1985
Filed:
Jan. 05, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jonathan M Rourke, Cambridge, MA (US);
Daniel E Whitney, Arlington, MA (US);
Assignee:
The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2671411 ; 267153 ;
Abstract
An improved remote center compliance device is disclosed including: a first support member and a second support member spaced from the first support member. There is a first set of at least three shear pad flexures interconnecting the support members and disposed along conical radii from a first center. An operator member extends from the first support member and the flexures are prestressed into compression in the rest condition or arranged in juxtaposition to another set of flexures, so that in operation there are flexures in compression and flexures in tension.