Patent ID: 6286225
Filing Date: 2001-09-11
Classification: F16M

Abstract:
An arrangement for obtaining an arbitrarily specified spatial compliant behavior for a passive elastic component having a longitudinal axis along and about which a force is resisted, the arrangement for said passive elastic component comprising:a support body;a floated body spaced from the support body;the passive elastic component comprising a shaft assembly having a support shaft, an intermediate shaft and a float shaft interposed between the support body and the float body, the support shaft and the float shaft each having an inner end and an outer end, the intermediate shaft having a pair of opposed ends;the arrangement further comprising a first gimbal interconnecting the support body with an outer end of the support shaft;a second gimbal interconnecting the floated body with an outer end of the float shaft;and the elastic component further comprising an unconstrained axis free joint joining one opposed end of the intermediate shaft to either inner end of the support shaft or float shaft; anda constrained axis elastic joint securing the other opposed end of the intermediate shaft to the other inner end of the float shaft or support shaft.