Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Beam-based nonlinear spring
- Patent Title (中): 基于梁的非线性弹簧
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Application No.: US14603492Application Date: 2015-01-23
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Publication No.: US09382960B2Publication Date: 2016-07-05
- Inventor: Jocelyn Maxine Kluger , Alexander Henry Slocum , Themistoklis Panagiotis Sapsis
- Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Applicant Address: US MA Cambridge
- Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Current Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Cambridge
- Agency: MIT Technology Licensing Office
- Agent Sam Pasternack
- Main IPC: F16F1/22
- IPC: F16F1/22 ; H02K7/18 ; G01L1/00 ; F03G1/00 ; F03G1/02 ; F03G1/10 ; F03G7/08 ; G01L1/04 ; H02K35/02
Abstract:
Nonlinear spring. In one embodiment, the spring includes two opposed curved surfaces curving away from one another. A flexible cantilever member is disposed between the two opposed curved surfaces and a mass is attached to a free end of the cantilever member wherein the flexible cantilever member wraps around one of the curved surfaces as the cantilever member deflects to form a nonlinear spring. Energy harvesting devices and a load cell are also disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150233440A1 Beam-Based Nonlinear Spring Public/Granted day:2015-08-20
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