Design space of single-loop planar folded micro mechanisms with out-of-plane motion

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 128, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1092-1100

  Lusk, Craig P ^a   Howell, Larry L ^b  

^a University of South Florida   (United States)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINEMATICS; MECHANISMS; VECTORS;

DESIGN SPACE; ORIENTATION SET MEASURES EQUALITY CONDITION (OSMEC); OUT-OF-PLANE MOTION; PLANAR FOLDED MICRO MECHANISMS;

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 33748601469     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2216734     Document Type: Article

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