Armature suspension for torque motor

Claim 1

A TORQUE MOTOR HAVING A ROTARY OUTPUT MOTION COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A FRAME AN ARMATURE, MEANS MOUNTING SAID ARMATURE INTERMEDIATE ITS ENDS WITHIN SAID FRAME FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENT ABOUT AN AXIS WHILE RESTRAINING IT FROM TRANSLATIONAL MOVEMENT ALONG AND ACROSS SAID AXIS, SAID ARMATURE MOUNTING MEANS INCLUDING A SHAFT RIGIDLY CONNECTED TO ONE SIDE OF SAID ARMATURE AND EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM ONE SIDE THEREOF COAXIALLY WITH SAID AXIS, THE OUTER END OF SAID SHAFT BEING FREE AND ROTATING WITH SAID ARMATURE TO PROVIDE THE ROTARY OUTPUT OF THE TORQUE MOTOR, AN ELONGATED TORSIONAL FLEXURE MEMBER FOR SUPPORTING SAID SHAFT AND THE ARMATURE SECURED THERETO, SAID FLEXURE MEMBER PREVENTING TRANSLATIONAL MOVEMENT ALONG AND ACROSS SAID AXIS WHILE PERMITTING RESILIENTLY RESTRAINED ROTATION OF SAID SHAFT, SAID TORSIONAL FLEXURE MEMBER BEING ARRANGED COAXIALLY OVER SAID SHAFT THE END OF THE FLEXURE MEMBER NEXT ADJACENT TO THE ARMATURE BEING RIGIDLY CONNECTED TO SAID FRAME, AND THE OTHER END OF THE FLEXURE MEMBER REMOTE FROM THE ARMATURE BEING RIGIDLY CONNECTED TO THE SHAFT, SAID FLEXURE MEMBER BEING RIGID WITH RESPECT TO RELATIVE TRANSLATION OF ITS ENDS IN DIRECTIONS LONGITUDINALLY OF AND ACROSS SAID AXIS THE OUTER END OF SAID SHAFT EXTENDING BEYOND THE END OF SAID FLEXURE MEMBER REMOTE FROM THE ARMATURE, AND BEING ADAPTED TO BE CONNECTED TO A DRIVEN ELEMENT.