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    Actuator? —C. L. GunningCook
   While Chris and I were pouring thru old Lego Patents... I happened to find this interesting Lego patent from 1991... (URL) actuation system - Google Patents I wonder if that is the new part that we are seeing in the new technic line??? Anyone care (...) (16 years ago, 10-Feb-08, to lugnet.technic)
   
        Re: Actuator? —C. L. GunningCook
     In lugnet.technic, C. L. GunningCook wrote: oops, leave = leaf Janey "Red Brick" (16 years ago, 10-Feb-08, to lugnet.technic)
   
        Re: Actuator? —Steven Lane
     (...) I think it is. (16 years ago, 10-Feb-08, to lugnet.technic)
   
        Re: Actuator? —Alexander Holroyd
     (...) Interesting! I wonder what happened to the flexible axles. Alexander (16 years ago, 10-Feb-08, to lugnet.technic)
    
         Re: Actuator? —Steven Lane
     (...) They appeared in ZNAP! I have some (bought only for cheap 9V motors). (16 years ago, 10-Feb-08, to lugnet.technic)
    
         Re: Actuator? —Gary Simas
      (...) The znap flex axle would make for some interesting possibilities with the actuators (16 years ago, 10-Feb-08, to lugnet.technic)
    
         Re: Actuator? —Alexander Holroyd
     (...) Right. The ZNAP axles are quite stiff, but it will be interesting to see how they work with the actuators. In the patent it looks like a different system, with much more flexible axles encased in a flexible tube (like flex-system but designed (...) (16 years ago, 10-Feb-08, to lugnet.technic)
   
        Re: Actuator? —Ross Crawford
     (...) It's so old, the example excavator still uses studded technic bricks... ROSCO (16 years ago, 10-Feb-08, to lugnet.technic)
   
        Re: Actuator? —Fernando A. Conchinhas Correia
   (...) Just found that same patent about one week ago too, as well as the one for the monorail (among some other interesting ones). We got some interesting discussions about these in two forums but unfortunately, they are in Portuguese (The two (...) (16 years ago, 11-Feb-08, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
 

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