Interlaced wave spring
US5639074A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 5, 1996 |
| Grant date | Jun 17, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 5, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF16F1/328
- WIPO fieldMechanical elements
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An interlaced wave spring is formed from two constituent wave springs of similar thickness, amplitude and frequency. The two constituent wave springs are combined together by interlacing them so that the spring turns of each spring abut each other for substantially the entire length of the interlaced spring. This interlacing effectively increases the thickness of the spring turns of the interlaced spring to thereby provide increased loading and greater fatigue resistance characteristics.
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