Guidance device with flexible high fatigue resistance pseudo-parallelograms

Abstract

The device able to guide a member in translational movement, includes two pairs of flexible beams which are symmetric about an axis, the two beams of one pair being curved and not mutually parallel; a central mechanical structure through which the axis passes and to which the pairs of beams are attached at fixing points, the mechanical structure being able to be mechanically connected to the member; two mechanical interfaces to each of which a pair of beams is attached at fixing points, the interfaces being able to be attached to a mechanical structure; the two sets of attachment points situated on either side of the axis of symmetry each forming a parallelogram, the guidance of the member being obtained by means of a force exerted on the central mechanical structure parallel to the axis of symmetry.

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