US 12,320,466 B2
Systems and methods for limiting rotation of a supported object
Federick Renken, Boulder, CO (US); Miroslaw A. Ostaszewski, Louisville, CO (US); Grady Egan, Frederick, CO (US); and Lathan Collins, Denver, CO (US)
Assigned to BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems Inc., Broomfield, CO (US)
Filed by BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems Inc., Broomfield, CO (US)
Filed on Feb. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/675,024.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/158,945, filed on Mar. 10, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0290800 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. F16M 11/12 (2006.01); F16C 11/10 (2006.01); F16C 11/12 (2006.01); F16F 15/04 (2006.01)
CPC F16M 11/12 (2013.01) [F16C 11/10 (2013.01); F16C 11/12 (2013.01); F16F 15/04 (2013.01); F16C 2370/20 (2013.01); F16M 2200/024 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A stop system, comprising:
a first stop mechanism, the first stop mechanism including:
a first stop, wherein the first stop of the first stop mechanism has a fixed position relative to a first one of a supported object and a base; and
a first flexure assembly having a flexure member with a fixed end and a free end, wherein the fixed end of the first flexure assembly has a fixed position relative to a second one of the supported object and the base; and
a second stop mechanism, the second stop mechanism including:
a first stop, wherein the first stop of the second stop mechanism has a fixed position relative to the first one of the supported object and the base; and
a first flexure assembly having a flexure member with a fixed end and a free end, wherein the fixed end of the first flexure assembly of the second stop mechanism has a fixed position relative to the second one of the supported object and the base;
wherein, in the first stop mechanism, the first stop engages a first side of the free end of the flexure member of the first flexure assembly in response to a rotation of the supported object relative to the base in a first direction about a first axis of rotation of at least a first predetermined amount, and
wherein, in the second stop mechanism, the first stop engages a second side of the free end of the flexure member of the first flexure assembly in response to the rotation of the supported object relative to the base in the first direction about the first axis of rotation of at least the first predetermined amount.