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Patent No.: US 5,401,128
Title: Octahedral Machine with a Hexapodal Triangular Servostrut Section
Inventor(s): Thomas J. Lindem and Paul A.S. Charles
Applicant(s): Ingersoll Milling Machine Company
Issued/Filed: March 28, 1995 / September 18, 1992
Note: Ingersoll's "Octahedral Hexapod" — a 6-DOF PKM
(www.mel.nist.gov/namt/projects/hexapod/hex1.htm)
Similar Pats.: US 5,392,663, US 5,259,710, EP 0 534 585 B1, EP 0 589 565 A3,
EP 0 589 565 A2, EP 0 589 565 B1, EP 0 534 585 A3, EP 0 534 585 A2
 
Patent No.: US 5,901,936
Title: Six-Degree-Of-Freedom Multi-Axes Positioning Apparatus
Inventor(s): Lothar F.X. Bieg
Applicant(s): Sandia Corporation
Issued/Filed: May 11, 1999 / August 25, 1997
Note: Sandia's "Rotopod" — a 6-DOF PKM
(mfgshop.sandia.gov/1400_ext/1400_ext_Hexapod.htm)
 
Patent No.: US 5,388,935
Title: Six Axis Machine Tool
Inventor(s): Paul C. Sheldon
Applicant(s): Gidings & Lewis, Inc.
Issued/Filed: February 14, 1995 / August 3, 1993
Note: Giddings & Lewis' "Variax" — a 6-DOF PKM
(www.nottingham.ac.uk/school4m/research/amt/index.html)
Similar Pats.: US 5,556,242, WO 99/28097, WO 99/28096, WO 99/28095,
US 5,028,180, US 4,988,244, US 5,354,158, US 5,489,168,
US 5,466,085, US 5,771,747, US 5,538,373
 
Patent No.: US 4,976,582
Title: Device for the Movement and Positioning of an Element in Space
Inventor(s): Reymond Clavel
Applicant(s): Sogeva S.A.
Issued/Filed: December 11, 1990 / September 6, 1989
Note: the "DELTA" assembly robot
(www.parallemic.org/Reviews/Review002.html)
Similar Pats.: EP 0 250 470 B1, WO 87/03528
 
Patent No.: US 5,813,287
Title: Coordinate Positioning Machine
Inventor(s): David R. McMurtry and Nicholas A. James
Applicant(s): Renishaw PLC
Issued/Filed: September 29, 1998 / July 22, 1996
Note: a 3-DOF CMM
(www.renishaw.com)
Similar Pats.: US 6,145,405, US 6,336,375
 

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