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Device for locking in position a mobile part relative to a fixed part

US6811348B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateMar 25, 2002
Grant dateNov 2, 2004
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Expiry dateJul 6, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T403/604
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A device for locking a position of a moving part with respect to a fixed part. The moving part is positioned with respect to the fixed part isostatically. The device generates a force opposing the loss of contact of all the points of isostatic contact between the moving part and the fixed part so as to lock the position.

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