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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2005
Applicants:
Byung-jin Choi, Austin, TX (US);
Sidlgata V. Sreenivasan, Austin, TX (US);
Stephen C. Johnson, Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Byung-Jin Choi, Austin, TX (US);
Sidlgata V. Sreenivasan, Austin, TX (US);
Stephen C. Johnson, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Board of Regents, The University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 59/02 (2006.01); B29B 13/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus to control displacement of a body spaced-apart from a surface includes a flexure system having a first flexure member defining a first axis of rotation and a second flexure member defining a second axis of rotation. A body is coupled to the flexure system to move about a plurality of axes. An actuation system is coupled to the flexure system to selectively constrain movement of the body along a subset of the plurality of axes.