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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2005
Christopher Lavigna, Olney, MD (US);
Diann Brei, Milford, MI (US);
Jonathan Luntz, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Anupam Pathak, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Christopher Lavigna, Olney, MD (US);
Diann Brei, Milford, MI (US);
Jonathan Luntz, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Anupam Pathak, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Techno-Sciences, Inc., Lanham, MD (US);
The Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Abstract
In a self-contained actively-controlled stabilization system within a hand-grip, all components are contained within the handgrip, and one generic handgrip can be attached to a variety of devices for a wide range of applications, thereby increasing portability, reducing weight and bulkiness, and decreasing complexity and application dependence. The handgrip includes a sensor, a controller and an actuator which preferably employs at least one shape memory alloy wire. The actuator drives a platform mechanism which may be configured such that the elevation and azimuth degrees of freedom are coupled or uncoupled. Direct, rotational and other platform mechanisms may be used with the invention.