Machine element or mechanism – Control lever and linkage systems – Multiple controlling elements for single controlled element
Patent
1992-06-22
1993-08-24
Herrmann, Allan D.
Machine element or mechanism
Control lever and linkage systems
Multiple controlling elements for single controlled element
74103, 74469, 901 28, B25J 1800
Patent
active
052378870
ABSTRACT:
The apparatus includes a static base, a platform, a first arm assembly, and a second arm assembly. The first arm assembly has a first terminal portion pivotally connected at a first pivot point to a first portion of the static base and a second terminal portion pivotally connected to the platform at a second pivot point. The first arm assembly is so constructed to permit changes in the distance between the first and second pivot points, but is concomitantly constrained to movement in a desired first plane. The second arm assembly has a respective first terminal portion pivotally connected at a third pivot point to a second portion of the static base and a respective second terminal portion pivotally connected to the platform at a fourth pivot point. The second arm assembly is so constructed to permit changes in the distance between the third and fourth pivot points but is constrained to movement in a desired second plane which is angularly disposed from the first plane. The motion of the platform is constrained to a straight line when the distance between the first and second pivot points and/or the distance between the third and fourth pivot points is changed. The straight line has a direction parallel to an imaginary line defined by the intersection of the first and second planes.
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Ginsberg Lawrence N.
Herrmann Allan D.
Rockwell International Corporation
Silberberg Charles T.
Trousdell William O.
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