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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2014
Applicant:
Michael Wittig, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventor:
Michael Wittig, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 3/00 (2006.01); F16M 11/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16M 11/2021 (2013.01); Y10T 403/32041 (2015.01);
Abstract
A joint apparatus with two degrees of freedom and a large range of singularity-free motion is provided including a first support, a second support, a pivot coupled between the first and second supports for allowing the second support to tilt in first and second directions relative to the first support, a first linkage coupled between the first and second supports for tilting the second support in the first direction relative to the first support, and a second linkage coupled between the first and second supports for tilting the second support in the second direction relative to the first support.