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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:
Feb. 07, 1989
Filed:
Mar. 11, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
John J Brooks, Santa Ynez, CA (US);
Assignee:
Santa Barbara Research Center, Goleta, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
403 24 ; 403291 ; 74 / ; 267160 ;
Abstract
A structural pivot 10 includes a first sleeve 18 and a second sleeve 20 which are connected together by a pair of flexures 22 and 24. Each flexure includes a pair of blades 40, 42 and 54, 56. The free ends of the blades are connected to the sleeves 18, 20 while the common cross members 44 and 62 remain spaced from the inner surfaces of the sleeves. During angular rotation of the sleeves, the blades can flex without resulting in a geometric center shift for the pivot.