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Elastomeric spring unit

US5351844A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 1, 1993
Grant dateOct 4, 1994
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Expiry dateJun 1, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16F2230/0047
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A compression spring formed of an elastomer having a ratio of plastic strain to elastic strain that is greater than 1.5 to 1, the elastomer having a having a projection extending through a metal plate and being cold formed into a rivet-like head to define a mechanical bond between the elastomer and the metal plate.

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