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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. 26, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
John Ziavras, Hermosa Beach, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hughes Electronics Corporation, El Segundo, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05G 1/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05G 1/100 ;
Abstract
There is disclosed a two-axis positioning mechanism including a single motor to control the position of two orthogonal axes. The motor is in communication with a first drive system to control the position of one axis and a second drive system to control the position of the other of the two axes. Also provided is a mechanically redundant positioning mechanism in which either of two motors may perform the two-axis positioning function.