TY - GEN
T1 - DESIGN OF A SELF-CLOSING COMPLIANT “MOUSE TRAP” FOR MICRO ASSEMBLY
AU - Saitou, Kazuhiro
AU - Jakiela, Mark J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 1996 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). All rights reserved.
PY - 1996
Y1 - 1996
N2 - A design of a micro latching fastener - a micro “mouse trap” - is presented, which has self-closing compliant latches that clamp a free planar part inserted between them. The self-closing of the latches is induced by the insertion of the part which releases the potential energy stored in the “cocked” state of the device, in the manner of a mouse trap. The closed latch can re-open by cocking the micro mouse trap. The self-closing action of the micro mouse trap allows the inaccurate insertion of the free part and leads to very accurate final positioning, with the insertion force required to induce the self-closing being very small. The micro mouse trap is also reusable since the release of the clamped part is done non-destructively. The micro mouse trap can be used, for instance, for assembly and temporal clamping/positioning of micro-scale parts, and electromechanical/opto-mechanical connectors.
AB - A design of a micro latching fastener - a micro “mouse trap” - is presented, which has self-closing compliant latches that clamp a free planar part inserted between them. The self-closing of the latches is induced by the insertion of the part which releases the potential energy stored in the “cocked” state of the device, in the manner of a mouse trap. The closed latch can re-open by cocking the micro mouse trap. The self-closing action of the micro mouse trap allows the inaccurate insertion of the free part and leads to very accurate final positioning, with the insertion force required to induce the self-closing being very small. The micro mouse trap is also reusable since the release of the clamped part is done non-destructively. The micro mouse trap can be used, for instance, for assembly and temporal clamping/positioning of micro-scale parts, and electromechanical/opto-mechanical connectors.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85032868958
U2 - 10.1115/IMECE1996-1384
DO - 10.1115/IMECE1996-1384
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85032868958
T3 - ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (IMECE)
SP - 421
EP - 426
BT - Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS)
PB - American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
T2 - ASME 1996 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE 1996
Y2 - 17 November 1996 through 22 November 1996
ER -