Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Spring lock
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Application No.: US15703296Application Date: 2017-09-13
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Publication No.: US11523531B2Publication Date: 2022-12-06
- Inventor: Morgan E. Davidson , Mike S. Watson
- Applicant: Utah State University Research Foundation
- Applicant Address: US UT North Logan
- Assignee: Utah State University Research Foundation
- Current Assignee: Utah State University Research Foundation
- Current Assignee Address: US UT North Logan
- Main IPC: H05K7/14
- IPC: H05K7/14

Abstract:
A spring lock includes a sinusoidal spring that has one or more crests and troughs formed along a length of the sinusoidal spring, the length extending along a sliding axis, the one or more crests and troughs forming a sinusoidal spring profile. The spring lock further includes a lock bar that has a track extending along the sliding axis, the track being configured to hold the sinusoidal spring and allow the sinusoidal spring to move along the sliding axis, the track further including one or more depressions and plateaus with the depressions and plateaus forming a lock bar profile, wherein the spring lock is locked when the sinusoidal spring profile and the lock bar profile are out-of-phase and the spring lock is unlocked when the sinusoidal spring profile and the lock bar profile are in-phase.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180014421A1 Spring Lock Public/Granted day:2018-01-11
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