Patent ID: 11865703
Assignee: SANCTUARY COGNITIVE SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 6:
7. A flexible coupling comprising:
a plurality of plates, each plate including a respective first face and a respective second face opposed across a thickness of the plate from the first face, wherein the plates are arranged with respect to one another in a stack;
a number of flexures, wherein for each successive pair of the plates in the stack, a respective one of the flexures comprises a flexible hinge member that resiliently couples the respective pair of the plates to one another for articulation about a respective rotational axis of the flexure, wherein the rotational axis of each of the flexures extends along a length of the flexure, and wherein successive ones of the rotational axes of the flexures along the stack are rotationally offset from a preceding one of the rotational axes of the flexures by a respective angular offset;
at least one cable that extends along the stack between a proximate-most one of the plates and a distal-most one of the plates to apply a force to at least the distal-most one of the plates; and
an inner channel extending longitudinally through the plurality of plates and through at least one of the flexures, wherein the rotational axis of the at least one of the flexures is transverse to a longitudinal axis of the inner channel.