A LINEAR DISPLACEMENT BISTABLE MICROMECHANISM

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 7A, Issue , 2000, Pages 613-619

  Baker, Michael S ^a   Lyon, Scott M ^a   Howell, Larry L ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISTABLE MECHANISMS; BISTABLES; CIRCULAR ARC; FORCE DEFLECTION; LINEAR DISPLACEMENTS; LINEAR MOTION; MICRO LEVEL; MICROMECHANISMS; SWITCH VALVES;

COMPLIANT MECHANISMS;

EID: 0005059180     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DETC2000/MECH-14117     Document Type: Conference Paper

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