Support mechanism utilizing flexual pivots
US4595257A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 18, 1983 |
| Grant date | Jun 17, 1986 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 18, 2003 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T74/2144
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Flexual pivots are utilized as part of supporting elements in a mechanism requiring a high degree of precision of movement over an extremely small distance. An example illustrated is for a microscope used in viewing micropatterns on an integrated circuit chip wherein a focusing element is supported by such a flexual pivot structure.
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