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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. 18, 1992
Filed:
May. 15, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Mitchell L Hansberry, Framingham, MA (US);
Assignee:
The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D05B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
112320 ; 11212112 ; 271264 ;
Abstract
The invention is an improved limp material segment coupling assembly. The segment coupling assembly includes a rigid drive member and a segment coupler having a substantially planar lower surface. The lower surface is adapted to frictionally engage a limp material segment. A spring coupler couples the segment coupler to the drive member. The spring coupler includes at least one bent sheet spring. Each bent sheet spring includes a resilient sheet extending between the drive member and the segment coupler. The spring axes of each of the springs are substantially parallel to the planar surface of the segment coupler.