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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:
Nov. 01, 1994
Filed:
Oct. 20, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
James M Hammond, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Martin A Klos, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Yves Martin, Ossining, NY (US);
Kenneth G Roessler, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Robert M Stowell, Delray Beach, FL (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corp., Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
25044211 ; 33568 ; 248179 ;
Abstract
A dual quad flexure carriage and assembly, for receiving a sensing probe, is used for scanning the sensing probe across a target surface. The flexure carriage is a unitary structure providing flat motion for the sensing probe during the scanning procedure, while further compensating for thermal creep. The dual quad flexure assembly comprises the dual quad flexure carriage along with piezo actuators and control systems to provide highly linear orthogonal motion.