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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.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2012

Filed:

Aug. 17, 2004
Applicants:

Michael Johannes Vervoordeldonk, Eindhoven, NL;

Theo Anjes Maria Ruijl, Eindhoven, NL;

Robertus Mathijs Gerardus Rijs, Eindhoven, NL;

Johannes Cornelius Antonius Muller, Eindhoven, NL;

Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 7/10 (2006.01); F16M 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Actuator arrangement with an actuator (), a reference mass (), a spring () and a first sensor (). The actuator () applies a force between a first object () and to a second object (). The reference mass () is, in use, supported by a third object () by means of the spring (). The first sensor () generates a first distance signal that depends on a first distance (z; z, z; z, z) between the reference mass () and the first object () and is applied to a controller () to actuate the actuator ().


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