Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Elastomeric compression spring with load tuning feature and associated method of tuning
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Application No.: US17168596Application Date: 2021-02-05
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Publication No.: US11754136B2Publication Date: 2023-09-12
- Inventor: Nicholas B. Muha , Jeremie J. Albert , Douglas R. Ludin
- Applicant: The Boeing Company
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee Address: US VA Arlington
- Agency: Kunzler Bean & Adamson
- The original application number of the division: US16028014 2018.07.05
- Main IPC: F16F1/373
- IPC: F16F1/373 ; F16F1/376 ; F16F1/377 ; F16F1/44

Abstract:
An elastomeric compression spring for isolating vibrations between a first part and a second part. The first part is movable in a direction relative to the second part. The elastomeric compression spring comprises a tube elongated along a central axis of the tube. The central axis of the tube is perpendicular to the direction. The tube is configured to compress in the direction. The tube comprises an outer surface comprising an initial contact line configured to initially receive contact from the first part. The tube further comprises at least one load tuning feature in the outer surface, parallel to the central axis, and circumferentially spaced apart from the initial contact line. The at least one load tuning feature creates a localized change in a thickness of the tube and a stiffness of the elastomeric compression spring at the at least one load tuning feature.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210156443A1 ELASTOMERIC COMPRESSION SPRING WITH LOAD TUNING FEATURE AND ASSOCIATED METHOD OF TUNING Public/Granted day:2021-05-27
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