An investigation into compliant bistable mechanisms

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 1B-1998, Issue , 1998, Pages

  Opdahl, Patrick G ^a   Jensen, Brian D ^b   Howell, Larry L ^c  

^a INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

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

^c BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLIANT MECHANISMS; ENERGY STORAGE;

BISTABLE MECHANISMS; BISTABLES; FLEXIBLE SEGMENTS; MECHANISM MOTIONS; MOTION CHARACTERISTICS; REDUCED PART COUNT; RIGID LINKS;

MECHANISMS;

EID: 84963539516     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DETC98/MECH-5914     Document Type: Conference Paper

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