Force-sensing system, including a magnetically mounted rocking element
US5307693A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 21, 1993 |
| Grant date | May 3, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 21, 2013 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S977/873
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A force-sensing system suitable, for example, for atomic force microscopy. This system includes a rocking beam, a base, and means for supporting the beam adjacent a surface of the base such that the beam can pivot about at least one axis parallel to the base surface. In contrast to rocking-beam systems of the prior art, the support means comprise at least one pivot element that can be held against the base surface by a magnetic field.
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