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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 10, 1999
Shinji Nishiwaki, Gifu-ken, JP;
Noboru Kikuchi, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo Kenkyusho, Aishi-gun, JP;
Abstract
A motion converting device includes a plurality of branched elements. Each branched element includes a base beam, an intermediate beam, and a coupling beam. The base beam is elastically deformable, and one end of the base beam is fixed such that the base beam is slanted with respect to a base. The intermediate beam is also elastically deformable, and one end of the intermediate beam is fixed to the base beam at a position which is offset from a central portion of the base beam towards another end of the base beam. The coupling beam is likewise elastically deformable, and one end of the coupling beam is fixed to the same position as the intermediate beam. At each of the branched elements, the other end of the base beam is fixed to another end of an intermediate beam of another branched element, such that the plurality of branched elements is disposed in a loop-like arrangement.