Joints and connections – Flexible member is joint component
Patent
1985-02-19
1987-04-07
Jillions, John M.
Joints and connections
Flexible member is joint component
74 5F, 267160, G01C 1922, F16F 118
Patent
active
046556290
ABSTRACT:
A flexural pivot device and method for producing same, wherein rotational motion of a first tubular member relative to a second tubular member is obtained by: forming flexural members from a shape memory alloy into a first shape in the austenitic phase at a first temperature; cooling the flexural members into the martensitic phase at a second temperature; forming the flexural members into a second shape; installing the flexural members between the first and second tubular members; and recreating the first temperature, thus returning the flexural members to the first shape in the austenitic phase and rotating the second tubular member relative to the first tubular member.
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DePaul L. A.
Jillions John M.
Werner David
Westinghouse Electric Corp.
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