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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:
Jul. 16, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael B. Wittig, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Mythtree, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 3/04 ; H02K 7/10 ; G06K 1/118 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 3/04 ; H02K 7/10 ; G06K 1/118 ;
Abstract
An actuation device is provided. An actuator is connected between two components of a frame and a linkage mechanism such that movement of an actuating component causes movement of the linkage mechanism so as to move a user interface device. A braking device is connected between two components of the frame and the linkage mechanism such that an increase of the resistance brakes the movement of the linkage mechanism imparted by the actuation device.