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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2003
Rodney A. Kendall, Ridgefield, CT (US);
Lonn E. Moore, Fishkill, NY (US);
David J. Pinckney, Newtown, CT (US);
Richard A. Rieland, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Rodney A. Kendall, Ridgefield, CT (US);
Lonn E. Moore, Fishkill, NY (US);
David J. Pinckney, Newtown, CT (US);
Richard A. Rieland, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A clamping flexure for use in a vacuum employs a spring-loaded shaft that pulls an object being supported against a support piece, including a mechanism, passing through the vacuum vessel, for releasing the spring tension during adjustment, the shaft being sufficiently compliant that restoring force after adjustment is less than a threshold value so that displacement of the shaft does not impress a force on the object being supported that returns it toward its position before adjustment.