Patent ID: 6205873
Filing Date: 2001-03-27
Classification: F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
A linkage coupling first and second rotatable shafts which allows the rotation of one said shafts to cause rotation of the other said shaft, said linkage comprising:a first link secured to said first shaft so as to rotate said first shaft when said first link is rotated;a second link secured to said second shaft so as to rotate said second shaft when said second link is rotated, said first and second shafts rotating around parallel axes; and,a pair of thin flexure strips disposed in parallel between said first and second links so that the rotation of one of said links will cause said flexure strips to rotate the other of said links thus causing rotation of said shafts around parallel axes, said flexure strips flexing and bending together as said links rotate, the rotational motion transmitted by said flexure strips having the same axis as the rotation axis of said shafts.