Back to results
US 2025/0334162 A1Published application
Compliant support mechanism
OwnerJonah LEINWAND, Stewart MCLACHLINinventors
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
There is disclosed a compliant support mechanism including a first support surface; a second support surface; and one or more flexure prongs arranged in a configuration therebetween, each flexure prong having a plurality of bends or curves along its length so as to allow the configuration of one or more flexure prongs to be resiliently compliant when subjected to external forces on the support surfaces. The one or more flexure prongs have a compliance profile dependent upon the application.
Claims19
A compliant support mechanism,
- comprising:
- a first support surface;
- a second support surface;
- and
- one or more flexure prongs arranged in a configuration therebetween, each flexure prong having a plurality of bends or curves along its length so as to allow the configuration of one or more flexure prongs to be resiliently compliant when subjected to external forces on the support surfaces.
2 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.