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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:
Sep. 16, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 21, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joachim Luber, Essingen-Forst, DE;
Martin Pelzer, Heidenheim, DE;
Heinz Jakubowski, Oberkochen, DE;
Arvids Mackevics, Unterkochen, DE;
Annette Reiss, Heidenheim, DE;
Jurgen Schweizer, Westerhofen, DE;
Assignee:
Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung, Heidenheim, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
248550 ; 24829711 ; 24812311 ; 248648 ; 901 48 ;
Abstract
A stand is provided for mounting various loads and is balanced at least partially automatically. The stand includes a plurality of interconnected elements defining one or more axes about which the stand is movable. An open-loop or closed-loop control circuit is provided for at least one of the axes and detects the unbalanced state about the one axis. The control circuit allows a torque compensating device to operate on the one axis until a state of equilibrium is obtained.