Joints and connections – Flexible member is joint component
Patent
1991-10-04
1992-09-22
Kundrat, Andrew V.
Joints and connections
Flexible member is joint component
403121, 403203, F16D 100
Patent
active
051492229
ABSTRACT:
A rolling flexure bearing. The bearing is formed of a thin sheet of elastic material that is attached to a surface of a first object. The sheet extends a short distance along the surface of the first object. The sheet then makes a 180 degree elastic bend off the surface of the first object to reverse the direction of the sheet. After making the bend, the sheet then extends a short distance along the surface of the second object substantially parallel to the surface of the first object. The sheet is attached at its end to the surface of the second object.
In this configuration, the flexure bearing is stiff along an axis parallel to the bend axis to constrain movement along this axis. The flexure bearing, along the axis normal to the surfaces of the objects, has a high compliance rate to provide damping between the objects. Along the third orthogonal axis, normal to the bend axis, the bearing allows free relative movement between the two objects, until it approaches either of the two attachment areas.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3417984 (1968-12-01), Sindlinger
patent: 4607492 (1986-08-01), Demus et al.
Kundrat Andrew V.
Storage Technology Corporation
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