ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED ELLIPTICAL BIFURCATING TORSION SPRING

    公开(公告)号:US20220074458A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-10

    申请号:US17017218

    申请日:2020-09-10

    IPC分类号: F16F1/10 F16F1/04 F16F1/02

    摘要: A 3D printed additively manufactured (AM) elliptical bifurcating torsion flexure assembly system includes a base section; elliptical bifurcating torsion springs, each including a bifurcated legs section supported by the base; a bifurcated elliptical torsion spring section contiguous with the bifurcated legs section; and a single upper section contiguous with the elliptical torsion spring section. The single upper section includes a connection component, and the device material includes Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP) heat-treated Ti6Al4V. The elliptical bifurcating torsion flexure assembly is printed as one part by a 3D additive manufacturing process, and the bifurcation maintains consistent balance while being torqued. The stiffness-spring rate of the device is at least partly controlled by varying cross-sectional shape and diameters by the 3D additive manufacturing printing.

    Connector
    3.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10920850B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-16

    申请号:US15747563

    申请日:2016-10-07

    摘要: Provided is a connector including: a first buffer member including a spiral-shaped wire; a second buffer member that has a substantially annular and flat plate-like shape; a collar member that includes a cylindrical portion surrounded by the first buffer member and the second buffer member, a first flange facing a radially inner side of the first buffer member, and a second flange facing a radially inner side of the second buffer member; and a coupling member that includes a first holder section holding radially outer sides of the first buffer member and the second buffer member, a second holder section holding the shielding body, and a coupling member base portion, in which a gap is formed between the second buffer member and the cylindrical portion, and the radially inner sides of the first buffer member and the second buffer member are sandwiched by the first flange and the second flange.

    Spiral timepiece spring
    4.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10795317B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-06

    申请号:US16012274

    申请日:2018-06-19

    申请人: Nivarox-FAR S.A.

    发明人: Christian Charbon

    摘要: A spiral timepiece spring with a two-phase structure, made of a niobium and titanium alloy, and method for manufacturing this spring, including producing a binary alloy containing niobium and titanium, with niobium: the remainder to 100%; titanium between 45.0% and 48.0% by mass of the total, traces of components among O, H, C, Fe, Ta, N, Ni, Si, Cu, Al, of between 0 and 1600 ppm by mass of the total individually, and less than 0.3% by mass combined; applying deformations alternated with heat treatments until a two-phase microstructure is obtained including a solid solution of niobium with β-phase titanium and a solid solution of niobium with α-phase titanium, the α-phase titanium content being greater than 10% by volume, with an elastic limit higher than 1000 MPa, and a modulus of elasticity higher than 60 GPa and less than 80 GPa; wire drawing to obtain wire able to be calendered; calendering or winding.

    Multilayer wind spring for a display support and lifting support thereof

    公开(公告)号:US10704633B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-07

    申请号:US16082076

    申请日:2017-09-04

    发明人: Xiangyu Xu Bo Qu

    IPC分类号: F16F1/10 F16F1/12 F16M11/24

    摘要: A multilayer wind spring for a display support and a lifting support thereof, the multilayer wind spring is formed by tightly attaching and winding multiple elastic metal sheets, each of the elastic metal sheets comprises: a stretching connection portion which is not involved in winding and unwinding and is always kept in an initial state, a movable sheet portion which is involved in winding and unwinding, and an unmovable wound portion which is not involved in stretching and is always kept in a wound state, the stretching connection portion, the movable sheet portion, and the unmovable wound portion are formed integrally and sequentially arranged in an unwinding direction, and the elastic metal sheets of the unmovable wound portions are arranged fixedly relative to one another.

    Bi-directional dampening and assisting unit

    公开(公告)号:US10596024B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-24

    申请号:US16048727

    申请日:2018-07-30

    发明人: Mark DeHarde

    IPC分类号: A61F5/01 F16F15/04 F16F1/10

    摘要: A dynamic platform with extending struts has fastened thereto a bi-directional torsional power unit to selectively deliver force opposing either extension or flexion, and to provide assistance in a respective opposite direction. The power unit is threadably mounted on a hinge pin (spline) centrally located on the platform, and is latched to a catch assembly radially located thereto, the hinge pin of the platform communicating with one end of a torsion spring of the power unit and the catch assembly communicating with another end of the torsion spring, to selectively deliver the extension/flexion force. The power unit can be detached, with simple manual operation of the catch assembly, without tools, flipped over and reattached to the same platform attachment points to switch (reverse) extension torque to flexion torque and vice versa.

    CONNECTOR
    8.
    发明申请
    CONNECTOR 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20200003273A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-02

    申请号:US16482852

    申请日:2018-01-26

    摘要: A connector includes a first buffer member that includes a spiral-shaped wire, a second buffer member that has a substantially annular and flat plate-like shape capable of warping in a thickness direction, a collar member that includes a first flange facing a radially inner side of the first buffer member, and a second flange facing a radially inner side of the second buffer member, and a coupling member. A gap for allowing the second buffer member to move in a radial direction is formed between the second buffer member and a cylindrical portion. A distance between a position of a surface of the second flange and a position of a lowest end of the collar member is greater than a distance between a position of a surface of the first flange and the position of the surface of the second flange in a view in an axial direction.

    Side-load hung window assembly with sash guides

    公开(公告)号:US10167658B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-01

    申请号:US15263696

    申请日:2016-09-13

    摘要: A side-load, hung window assembly can include a sash guide attached to the window sash and extending into a space between the window sash and the jamb channel. The sash guide can include a recess at an outer end to provide clearance for the sash guide to pass over the uncurled end portion of the curl spring and the mounting device. In addition, an aesthetic cover can be disposed over the mounting device. Alternatively or in addition, a spring cover can be disposed over the uncurled end portion of the curl spring and the mounting device.

    SPIRAL TIMEPIECE SPRING
    10.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180373202A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-12-27

    申请号:US16012274

    申请日:2018-06-19

    申请人: Nivarox-FAR S.A.

    发明人: Christian CHARBON

    摘要: A spiral timepiece spring with a two-phase structure, made of a niobium and titanium alloy, and method for manufacturing this spring, including producing a binary alloy containing niobium and titanium, with niobium: the remainder to 100%; titanium between 45.0% and 48.0% by mass of the total, traces of components among O, H, C, Fe, Ta, N, Ni, Si, Cu, Al, of between 0 and 1600 ppm by mass of the total individually, and less than 0.3% by mass combined; applying deformations alternated with heat treatments until a two-phase microstructure is obtained including a solid solution of niobium with β-phase titanium and a solid solution of niobium with α-phase titanium, the α-phase titanium content being greater than 10% by volume, with an elastic limit higher than 1000 MPa, and a modulus of elasticity higher than 60 GPa and less than 80 GPa; wire drawing to obtain wire able to be calendered; calendering or winding.