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US 12,555,599 B2Granted
Folded spring tape track following actuator
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsMark Alfred Lantz, Walter Haeberle, Simeon Furrer, David Harper
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Abstract
An apparatus for a spring actuator positioned in a folded spring actuator assembly includes a top section, a middle section, and a bottom section of the spring actuator that form a C-shape for the spring actuator. The middle section includes two parallelized spring legs, where a cable head module is slidable into a gap formed by the top section and two parallelized spring legs of the middle section of the spring actuator.
Claims18
An apparatus for a spring actuator, the apparatus comprising:
- a top section, a middle section, and a bottom section of the spring actuator that form a C-shape for the spring actuator, wherein the middle section includes two parallelized spring legs;
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- a gap in the top section between the two parallelized spring legs of the middle section of the spring actuator, wherein a cable head module is slidable into the gap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.