Patent ID: 6897538
Filing Date: 2005-05-24
Classification: B81B,B81C,G01P

Abstract:
1. A suspension apparatus, comprising: a first substantially arcuately shaped flexure having a cross-section that is relatively substantially extended in the plane of the arcuate shape, the first flexure having a first end structured for connection to a support structure and a second end structured for connection to a movable structure to be suspended from the support structure; and a second substantially arcuately shaped flexure that is arcuately shaped similarly to the first flexure and having a cross-section that is relatively substantially extended in the plane of the arcuate shape and having a first end structured for connection to the support structure and a second end structured for connection to the movable structure, the arcuate shape of the second flexure being aligned with the arcuate shape of the first flexure and in combination with the first flexure forming a hinge having an axis of rotation that extends through the first and second flexures.