Mechanical converter assembly and implementations

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9895157
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14687166

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A mechanical converter assembly includes an input, a lever stack (multiple levers), and an output. The input is configured to receive a mechanical drive force (or mechanical input signal) from a driver resource. The lever stack translates the received drive force into a mechanical output force (or mechanical output signal). The output of the mechanical converter assembly is configured to apply the mechanical output force produced by the lever stack to a driven element. In one embodiment, use of the lever stack in the mechanical converter assembly provides translational gain in which an amount of translational movement at the input of the mechanical converter assembly results in a substantially greater amount of corresponding translational movement at the output.

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GYRUS ACMI INC (D B A OLYMPUS SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIES AMERICA)136 TURNPIKE ROAD SOUTHBOROUGH MA 01772

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St, George Lawrence J Sudbury, US 41 333

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