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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:
May. 05, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2006
Applicants:
Thomas Sugar, Tempe, AZ (US);
Kevin Hollander, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Inventors:
Thomas Sugar, Tempe, AZ (US);
Kevin Hollander, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Arizona Board of Regents, Tempe, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60G 11/34 (2006.01); A61F 2/64 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention is a spring based actuator with a leaf spring having a length, width and thickness and a coil spring positioned over the leaf spring. The coil spring further comprises: a first end; a second end; and at least one force generator acting on either the first end of the coil spring and the second end of the coil spring to deflect the coil spring and the leaf spring.