Patent ID: 8171804

Claim:
A motion conversion system, comprising: a first torsional member operative for rotating in a first direction; a second torsional member offset a distance from the first torsional member, wherein the second torsional member is operative for rotating in a second direction opposite from the first direction; a first lateral member connected to the first and second torsional members; a third torsional member operative for rotating in a third direction; a fourth torsional member offset a distance from the first torsional member, wherein the fourth torsional member is operative for rotating in a fourth direction opposite from the third direction; a second lateral member connected to the third and fourth torsional members; and a deflectable member connected to the second and fourth torsional members and operable to translate in response to rotation of the first and second lateral members; the first torsional member having two fixed ends and coupled at a point between the two fixed ends to the first lateral member.