Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Pillsburg Winthrop LLP
  • Low backlash linear actuator
    Patent number: 6806595
    Abstract: A high-precision, low backlash linear actuator drive mechanism characterized by minimal positional repeatability error irrespective of the direction from which a selected or target position is approached may comprise a bellows coupling operative to transmit rotational motion from a motor to a drive spindle. Rotation of the drive spindle causes linear translation thereof in an axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2004
    Assignee: Applied Precision, LLC
    Inventor: Steven C. Quarre