Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multidirectional translating and tilting platform using bending actuators as active entity
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Application No.: US16799293Application Date: 2020-02-24
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Publication No.: US11697584B2Publication Date: 2023-07-11
- Inventor: Matthieu Gaudet , Bert Kaiser
- Applicant: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
- Applicant Address: DE Munich
- Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
- Current Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
- Current Assignee Address: DE Munich
- Agency: Perkins Coie LLP
- Agent Michael A. Glenn
- Priority: DE 2017215276.1 2017.08.31
- Main IPC: B81B3/00
- IPC: B81B3/00

Abstract:
A platform includes first and second actuation layers. The first actuation layer includes first and second frames and a plurality of actuators connected between the first frame and the second frame, wherein the plurality of actuators are adapted to move the first and second frames with respect to each other in a first direction. The second actuation layer includes third and fourth frames and a plurality of actuators connected between the third frame and the fourth frame, wherein the plurality of actuators are adapted to move the third frame and the fourth frame with respect to each other in a second direction, different from the first direction. Thereby, the fourth frame of the second actuation layer and the second frame of the first actuation layer are mechanically connected to each other, such that the second actuation layer experiences the movement in the first direction induced by the first actuation layer.
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