Methods for manufacturing a spring, a spring brake, and a spring brake comprising a spring

    公开(公告)号:US11292048B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-05

    申请号:US16092925

    申请日:2017-04-14

    发明人: Eric Lagarde

    摘要: Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a spring for a spring brake, including a shaping and cutting step f) including the following sub-steps: —f1) shaping a raw wire into a coil with a plurality of raw turns, the raw wire having: raw portions that extend from the end of the raw wire over at least one raw turn, and an intermediate portion between the raw portions, —f2) separating the first raw portion and the second raw portion of the raw wire by cutting, after implementing sub-step f1), and —f3) shaping a first tab (5), at a first end of the intermediate portion, after sub-step f1), and —f4) shaping a second tab (7), at a second end of the intermediate portion opposite the first end, after sub-step f1).

    Apparatus for manufacturing an innerspring unit comprising pocketed springs

    公开(公告)号:US11267691B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-08

    申请号:US16619998

    申请日:2017-06-07

    申请人: Spühl GmbH

    发明人: Andreas Fischer

    摘要: In order to manufacture an innerspring unit (31) comprising pocketed springs and having an increased stability at its edge regions, in a first step, an innerspring main body (30) comprising a plurality of first strings (14) of pocketed springs is provided. In a subsequent second step, at least one second string (13c, 13d) of pocketed springs is attached to a lateral surface of the innerspring main body (30), so that the at least one second string (13c, 13d) of pocketed springs extends in a longitudinal direction of the innerspring main body (30). The springs (13) of the at least one second string (13c, 13d) of pocketed springs have a spring characteristic or a spring geometry different from the springs of the plurality of first strings of the innerspring main body (30). The at least one second string (13c, 13d) of pocketed springs forms together with the innerspring main body (30) the innerspring unit (31).

    FORMING METHOD AND FORMING DEVICE FOR ARC SPRING

    公开(公告)号:US20210308740A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-07

    申请号:US17273923

    申请日:2019-09-03

    发明人: Masaaki MAEDA

    IPC分类号: B21F35/00

    摘要: Provided are a forming method for an arc spring, capable of easily and surely locating bearing faces on both end faces of a semi-finished product in predetermined positions, the bearing faces having lengths within permissible ranges in a circumferential direction. For a semi-finished product prior to curving an axis, it is determined whether circumferential lengths of bearing faces on both end faces are respectively within the permissible ranges based on end face image information of the both end faces imaged in an axial direction prior to the curving, a circumferential rotational position of the semi-finished product capable of respectively locating the bearing faces within the predetermined positions is specified using the end face image information, and the semi-finished product is rotated to the specified rotational position, and the wedge part is sequentially driven into inter-wires of the semi-finished product to deform the semi-finished product.

    High fatigue arcuate spring
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10508700B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-12-17

    申请号:US13935795

    申请日:2013-07-05

    申请人: Barnes Group Inc.

    摘要: An arcuate spring having a plurality of coils which are configured and dimensioned to provide an arcuate shape to the spring and being substantially free of internal stresses which would tend to urge the coils into linear alignment. The spring is designed to function under load conditions while maintaining its natural arcuate shape. The spring is can be heated by use of an induction heating process.

    Servo-rotating all-function tool module for use with spring forming machine

    公开(公告)号:US10384260B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-08-20

    申请号:US15243973

    申请日:2016-08-23

    IPC分类号: B21F3/02 B21F35/00 B21F1/00

    摘要: A servo-rotating all-function tool module is provided for use with a spring forming machine and includes an axle rotating tool module and a servo transmission module assembly. The axle rotating tool module is mounted to the axle and includes an axle slide base and a tool, so that the axle slide base is acted upon by a force to slide along the axle, the tool is caused to press downward or return upward. The servo transmission module assembly is mounted to the spring forming machine to provide a driving force for causing the axle slide base to slide along the axle. Since the tool module is mounted to an axle mounted to a front wall board of the spring forming machine, the direction in which the tool approaches a wire can be varied by rotating the axle in order to conduct operations of bending at different angles and twisting/looping.

    WIRE SHAPING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF SHAPING A WIRE

    公开(公告)号:US20190168287A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-06

    申请号:US16306298

    申请日:2017-06-01

    申请人: HS Products Ltd

    IPC分类号: B21F3/02 B21F35/00 B21F11/00

    摘要: Apparatus for forming wire components, which are in this example springs, comprises a supply station (202), for supplying spring forming material, such as metallic wire W. The supply station includes a pair of guide rollers (204) and pair of driven feed rollers (206), mounted on a heavy support plate (216). The wire is fed through a flexible sheath FS to a remotely located wire shaping device, in particular a spring forming device 208, comprising forming tools (210), a pitch control tool (212) and a cutter (214). The forming tools (210) and the pitch control tool (212) form the wire into a spring S, which is cut from the supply of wire when it is complete. The tools (210, 212) and cutter (214) are controlled remotely from a control station (220) via a bundle of flexible control cables (222), which may include a power cable. The spring forming device 208 is mounted on a positioning member (224), such as a robot arm or moveable table, configured for three-dimensional movement, and/or optionally adjustments in inclination. Without the heavy plate (216) and rollers (205, 206), the spring forming device (208) is sufficiently light in weight and compact as to be moved by the positioning member (224) to a location in which springs are to be used, thereby avoiding the need for transportation apparatus to convey the springs from the place where they are formed to the place where they are to be used.

    Coil Spring Winding Apparatus and Method of Winding A Coil Spring

    公开(公告)号:US20190039118A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-02-07

    申请号:US16072742

    申请日:2016-02-03

    申请人: Spühl GmbH

    发明人: Roland KELLER

    摘要: A coil spring winding apparatus (1) comprises a stator and a rotor (10) which is supported on the stator so as to be rotatable about a rotation axis (13). The rotation axis (13) extends along a spring axis of a coil spring wound by the coil spring winding apparatus. At least one winding tool (21, 22) is supported on the rotor (10) so as to rotate about the rotation axis (13) of the rotor (10) upon rotation of the rotor (10). The at least one winding tool (21, 22) is configured to bend a wire (8) to form the coil spring upon rotation of the rotor (10). The at least one winding tool (21, 22) is adjustable relative to the rotor (10).

    Wire-forming mechanism for spring making machine

    公开(公告)号:US09700932B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-07-11

    申请号:US14712243

    申请日:2015-05-14

    发明人: Ching-Fa Yang

    IPC分类号: B21F35/00 B21F1/00 B21F3/06

    CPC分类号: B21F35/00 B21F1/008 B21F3/06

    摘要: A wire-forming mechanism for spring making machine includes a base frame with two first sliding rail sets, and two wire-forming assemblies for independently performing a two-dimensional action. Each wire-forming assembly includes a movable base panel slidably mounted on one respective first sliding rail set and providing a second sliding rail set that extends in a perpendicular manner relative to the first sliding rail sets, a tool panel slidably mounted on the second sliding rail set and providing an L-shaped tool mount, one or multiple tools selectively mounted in the L-shaped tool mount, and two driving mechanisms for moving the movable base panel along one respective first sliding rail set and the tool panel along the second sliding rail set respectively.