Patents Assigned to ITP, Inc.
  • Support mechanism utilizing flexual pivots
    Patent number: 4595257
    Abstract: Flexual pivots are utilized as part of supporting elements in a mechanism requiring a high degree of precision of movement over an extremely small distance. An example illustrated is for a microscope used in viewing micropatterns on an integrated circuit chip wherein a focusing element is supported by such a flexual pivot structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1983
    Date of Patent: June 17, 1986
    Assignee: ITP, Inc.
    Inventor: David G. Fladlien