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US4790584A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 30, 1987
Grant dateDec 13, 1988
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Expiry dateOct 30, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/53178
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Compliant linkage apparatus for providing, in a single stage, three degrees of freedom in a single plane, the apparatus comprising an upper plate, a lower plate under the upper plate, sliding means for allowing the upper and lower plates to slide relative to each other in X, Y, and theta, and orientation means for causing the plates to attract each other in a particular orientation to resiliently resist relative lateral and rotational displacements of the plates.

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