Alignment mechanism
AssigneeDelta Design, Inc.
InventorsJerry Ihor TUSTANIWSKYJ, James Wittman BABCOCK
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Abstract
An alignment mechanism is disclosed which includes a mount, a beam having a first end affixed to the mount and a second end. The beam is an order of magnitude more rigid along its longitudinal axis than along an axis orthogonal to its longitudinal axis. The second end of the beam is affixed to a first device having a surface configured to contact a second device. The beam applies a normal force component to the second device through the first device and allows movement at the second end in directions orthogonal to the normal force component.
Claims19
An alignment mechanism comprising:
- a mount;
- a beam having a first end affixed to the mount and a second end, the beam being an order of magnitude more rigid along its longitudinal axis than along an axis orthogonal to its longitudinal axis;
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- a first device to which the second end of the beam is affixed, the first device having a surface configured to contact a second device;
- wherein the beam applies a normal force component to the second device through the first device and allows movement at the second end in directions orthogonal to the normal force component.
An alignment mechanism comprising:
- a mount;
- a beam having a first end affixed to the mount and a second end, the beam requiring less than one tenth the amount of force required to provide a longitudinal displacement of the second end in order to provide a lateral bending displacement of the second end of equal magnitude to the longitudinal displacement;
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- a first device to which the second end of the beam is affixed, the first device having a surface configured to contact a second device;
- wherein the beam applies a normal force component to the second device through the first device and allows movement at the second end in directions orthogonal to the normal force component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.