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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2010
Boudewijn Martin Wisse, Delft, NL;
Rogier Barents, The Hague, NL;
Wouter Dirk Van Dorsser, Delft, NL;
Justus Laurens Herder, The Hague, NL;
Boudewijn Martin Wisse, Delft, NL;
Rogier Barents, The Hague, NL;
Wouter Dirk Van Dorsser, Delft, NL;
Justus Laurens Herder, The Hague, NL;
Anchis Technology B.V., Maastricht, NL;
Abstract
An apparatus for exerting a force on a load, comprising at least a first spring system and a second spring system, which two spring systems are coupled with the load and produce forces that are applied to the load, wherein an adjusting device is provided coupled with the load, which is equipped with at least one coupling with which the first spring system and/or the second spring system are/is coupled, and which adjusting device is designed for moving the coupling subject to an adjustment of the load, wherein the first spring system has a linear spring characteristic and is coupled with the load, and wherein the second spring system is coupled with the coupling at a side of the coupling removed from the load, and wherein the coupling is designed for adjusting the second spring system subject to a predetermined spring characteristic of the second spring system such that, at the side of the load, the combination of the coupling with the second spring system possesses a force path diagram having a linear characteristic.