Patent ID: 7055975

Claim:
A microelectromechanical system, comprising: a substrate; a first load microstructure movably interconnected with said substrate for movement at least substantially along a first path; a second load microstructure movably interconnected with said substrate; and a coupling assembly microstructure interconnecting said first and second load microstructures and that comprises means for transmitting a force that is exerted on said coupling assembly microstructure by at least one of said first and second load microstructures to achieve both first and second conditions, wherein said first condition is that said force is transmitted to said first load microstructure at least generally along said first path, and wherein said second condition is that no portion of said coupling assembly microstructure is deflected into contact with any other portion of said microelectromechanical system, wherein a direction of said force at said second load microstructure is other than parallel with said first path.