Conception of balanced spring mechanisms

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 1B-1998, Issue , 1998, Pages

  Herder, Just L ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

equilibrators; hand prosthesis; medical forceps.; neutral equilibrium; rolling link mechanisms; spring force compensation; spring mechanisms; static balance

Indexed keywords

MECHANISMS; POTENTIAL ENERGY;

BALANCED MECHANISM; ELEMENTARY RULES; SPRING MECHANISM;

SPRINGS (COMPONENTS);

EID: 1542623830     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DETC98/MECH-5934     Document Type: Conference Paper

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