Patent ID: 8400721
Filing Date: 2013-03-19
Classification: G02B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A leaf-cartwheel flexure for coupling an object to a frame, comprising a rigid base that is configured for mounting to an object; a leaf flexure having a first end and a second end, the first end coupling with the base, the leaf flexure defining an axis of contraflexure between the first end and the second end; a rigid brace that couples with the second end of the leaf flexure; a cartwheel hinge having first, second, third and fourth members that join at and are bendable about a rotational axis that perpendicularly intersects the axis of contraflexure; the first and second members of the cartwheel hinge coupling with the brace, and a rigid mounting fixture that couples with the third and fourth members of the cartwheel hinge.