Remote center compliant flexure device
AssigneeBoard of Regents, The University of Texas System
InventorsByung-Jin Choi, Sidlgata V. Sreenivasan, Stephen C. Johnson
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Abstract
An apparatus to control displacement of a body spaced-apart from a surface includes a flexure system having a first flexure member defining a first axis of rotation and a second flexure member defining a second axis of rotation. A body is coupled to the flexure system to move about a plurality of axes. An actuation system is coupled to the flexure system to selectively constrain movement of the body along a subset of the plurality of axes.
Claims17
A system to define a relative orientation between a body and a substrate spaced apart from said body, said system comprising:
- a flexure system defining first and second axes of rotation, with said body being coupled to said flexure system to rotate about said first and second axes in response to contact with a fluid material compressed between said body and said substrate, said first axis extending transversely to said second axis.
A device to orientate a body with respect to a surface spaced apart from said body, said device comprising:
- a flexure system, said flexure system comprising a first flexure member and a second flexure member;
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- a body coupled to said flexure system, with said flexure system adapted to position said body in a desired orientation with respect to said surface and maintain said orientation in response to a force being exerted upon said body by a fluid material compressed between said body and said surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.