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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2011
Applicants:
Matteo Laffranchi, Samone, IT;
Nikos G. Tsagarakis, Genoa, IT;
Darwin G. Caldwell, Serra Ricco′, IT;
Inventors:
Matteo Laffranchi, Samone, IT;
Nikos G. Tsagarakis, Genoa, IT;
Darwin G. Caldwell, Serra Ricco′, IT;
Assignee:
Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genoa, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 3/66 (2006.01); F16F 15/139 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Elastic rotary actuators are provided having breaking units arranged in such a way as to apply on an output member an adjustable braking torque in order to introduce adjustable damping between an input member and the output member in parallel to elastic members.