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| 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 (...) (17 years ago, 10-Feb-08, to lugnet.technic)
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| In lugnet.technic, C. L. GunningCook wrote: oops, leave = leaf Janey "Red Brick" (17 years ago, 10-Feb-08, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) I think it is. (17 years ago, 10-Feb-08, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) Interesting! I wonder what happened to the flexible axles. Alexander (17 years ago, 10-Feb-08, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) They appeared in ZNAP! I have some (bought only for cheap 9V motors). (17 years ago, 10-Feb-08, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) It's so old, the example excavator still uses studded technic bricks... ROSCO (17 years ago, 10-Feb-08, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) The znap flex axle would make for some interesting possibilities with the actuators (17 years ago, 10-Feb-08, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) 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 (...) (17 years ago, 10-Feb-08, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) 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 (...) (17 years ago, 11-Feb-08, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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