@article{PATENT,
      recid = {9076},
      title = {Redundantly constrained laminar structure as weak-link  mechanisms},
      number = {PATENT},
      month = {May},
      year = {2002},
      abstract = {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.},
      url = {http://knowledge.uchicago.edu/record/9076},
}