公开(公告)号：US10422124B1

公开(公告)日：2019-09-24

申请号：US15594132

申请日：2017-05-12

申请人： Rami A. Alfattani ,  Craig Lusk

发明人： Rami A. Alfattani ,  Craig Lusk

IPC分类号： E04B1/343 ,  E04B1/344 ,  F16H21/54

摘要： A bistable collapsible compliant mechanism including a first sub-mechanism comprising opposed first and second quaternary links and multiple binary links, each link being connected to at least two other links in the sub-mechanism, and a second sub-mechanism connected to the first sub-mechanism, the second sub-mechanism also comprising opposed first and second quaternary links and multiple binary links, each link being connected to at least two other links in the sub-mechanism, wherein the bistable collapsible compliant mechanism can be alternatively be placed in a stable extended orientation in which the bistable collapsible compliant mechanism has a trapezoidal shape and in a stable contracted orientation in which the bistable collapsible compliant mechanism has a polygonal spiral shape.