skip to main content
OSTI.GOV title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: Redundantly constrained laminar structure as weak-link mechanisms

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1531500
; ;

Redundantly constrained laminar structures as weak-link mechanisms and a novel method for manufacturing the redundantly constrained laminar structures as weak-link mechanisms are provided. The method for producing the redundantly constrained laminar structures as weak-link mechanisms is carried out by lithographic techniques. A designed pattern is repeatedly chemically etched with a mask to produce a plurality of individual identical units. The units are stacked together to form the laminar structure and are secured together with fasteners. A high quality adhesive can be applied to the sides of the laminar structure to provide the mechanism equivalent to a single piece mechanism. The redundantly constrained laminar structures as weak-link mechanisms of the invention include a stack of a plurality of thin material structures. The stack of structures forming a laminar structure include multiple weak-link connections providing controllable movements in a plane of the layer and having a desired stiffness and stability. The plurality of thin material structures include predetermined locating-holes used with locating-pins to precisely stack the thin material structures together and are used with fasteners to secure the stack together.

Research Organization:
Univ. of Chicago, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
W-31-109-ENG-38
Assignee:
The University of Chicago (Chicago, IL)
Patent Number(s):
6,984,335
Application Number:
10/619,111
OSTI ID:
1531500
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2003-07-14
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (10)

Photoconducting positions monitor and imaging detector patent March 2000
Multispectral superconductive quantum detector patent February 1993
Superconductive electromagnetic wave mixer and superconductive electromagnetic wave mixing apparatus employing the same patent August 1994
Superconducting device including plural superconducting electrodes formed on a normal conductor patent August 1995
Optical design for laser encoder resolution extension and angular measurement patent April 1999
Superconducting transition-edge sensor with weak links patent May 2001
Single electron device using ultra-thin metal film and method for fabricating the same patent November 2001
Photon beam position monitor patent February 1995
Josephson junction array device, and manufacture thereof patent February 2002
In-situ tunable Josephson weak links patent July 1995

Cited By (7)

Multidimensional alignment apparatus for hard x-ray focusing with two multilayer laue lenses patent October 2009
Mechanical design of multiple zone plates precision alignment apparatus for hard X-ray focusing in twenty-nanometer scale patent April 2017
Mechanical design of laminar weak-link rotary mechanisms with ten-degree-level travel range and ten-nanoradian-level positioning resolution patent January 2012
Mechanical design of thin-film diamond crystal mounting apparatus with optimized thermal contact and crystal strain for coherence preservation x-ray optics patent May 2018
Mechanical design of deformation compensated flexural pivots structured for linear nanopositioning stages patent February 2015
Mechanical design of laminar weak-link mechanisms with centimeter-level travel range and sub-nanometer positioning resolution patent August 2011
Precision mechanical structure of an ultra-high-resolution spectrometer for inelastic X-ray scattering instrument patent April 2015

Similar Records

Related Subjects