Damped remote center compliance device
AssigneeThe Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.
InventorDaniel E. Whitney
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Abstract
A damped RCC device including support means; operator means interconnected with the support means; mounting means spaced from the support means; a plurality of radial members extending between and attached to the support means at one end and the mounting means at the other end and having a focus at, near or beyond the free end of the operator member; and damping means disposed between the mounting means and at least one of the operator means and support means for suppressing vibrations in the RCC device.
Claims15
A damped remote center compliance system comprising:
- mounting means;
- a remote center compliance device including:
- support means;
- operator means interconnected with said support means;
- a plurality of radial members extending between and attached to said support means at one end and said mounting means at the other end and having a focus at, near or beyond the free end of said operator means;
- and
- damping means disposed between said mounting means and said remote center compliance device for suppressing vibrations in said remote center compliance device.
A damped remote center compliance system comprising:
- mounting means;
- a remote center compliance device including:
- support means;
- operator means interconnected with said support means;
- intermediate means between said mounting means and said support means;
- a plurality of radial members extending between and attached to said intermediate means at one end and at the other end to one of said support means and mounting means and having a focus at, near or beyond the first end of said operator means;
- a plurality of parallel members extending between and attached to said intermediate means at one end and at the other end to the other of said support means and mounting means;
- and
- damping means disposed between said mounting means and said remote center compliance device for suppressing vibrations in said remote center compliance device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.