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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 14, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Pierre-Marcel Genequand, Geneva, CH;
Assignee:
Csem Centre Suissee d'Electronique et de Microtechnique SA, Neuchatel, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 1/112 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 1/112 ;
Abstract
The planar flexible pivot is constituted by an axial stacking of unitary modules each forming a monolithic unit comprising two coplanar, rigid linking elements positioned substantially so as to face each other and being connected diagonally by an essentially rectilinear flexible band. Application to elastic hinges, especially cross-band pivots.