Detent mechanism
US9950123B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 29, 2015 |
| Grant date | Apr 24, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 29, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T403/32501
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A detent mechanism for controlling translation between two components in a longitudinal direction includes a resilient beam on one of the components and a rhomboid ramp member on the other component. The resilient beam is essentially straight when relaxed and has a first beam head and is arranged to interact in a ramped engagement with respectively one of two ramps. Each ramp is on one longitudinal side of the rhomboid ramp member such that application of a translative force between the components in one longitudinal direction with the first beam head engaged to one of the ramps in a first state deflects the resilient beam in one transversal direction and such that application of a translative force between the components in the other longitudinal direction with the first beam head engaged to the other one of the ramps deflects the resilient beam in the other transversal direction.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.