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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2018
Filed:
May. 31, 2017
Applicant:
Wipotec Gmbh, Kaiserslautern, DE;
Inventors:
Andreas Rübel, Olsbrücken, DE;
Christian Bur, Saarbrücken, DE;
Assignee:
Wipotec GmbH, Kaiserslautern, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05D 1/00 (2006.01); F16C 11/12 (2006.01); E05D 1/02 (2006.01); B23K 26/384 (2014.01); B23K 26/06 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 11/12 (2013.01); B23K 26/0619 (2015.10); B23K 26/384 (2015.10); E05D 1/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A flexure hinge with two material segments connected to each other via a material tapering to a thin spot which defines a pivot axis between the two material segments. The material segments are provided with recesses such that the strength existing in the thin spot with respect to normal stresses or bending stresses is kept largely constant within a distance from the thin spot.