Toroidal compressible element including a switchback pattern
US10226635B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 24, 2016 |
| Grant date | Mar 12, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 13, 2036 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01R43/16
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method includes obtaining or providing a sheet of material; forming from the material a member comprising a plurality of switchback portions that zigzag about a loop; and shaping the member such that the plurality of switchback portions are elastically deformable and zigzag and curve about the loop.
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