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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2021

Filed:

Mar. 28, 2018
Applicant:

Carbon, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);

Inventors:

Austin M. Merlo, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Sean Friedrich Walter McCluskey, Redwood City, CA (US);

Assignee:

Carbon, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25B 5/16 (2006.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); B29C 64/124 (2017.01); B29C 64/188 (2017.01); B29K 75/00 (2006.01); B33Y 70/00 (2020.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25B 5/163 (2013.01); B29C 64/124 (2017.08); B29C 64/188 (2017.08); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); B29K 2075/00 (2013.01); B29K 2995/0044 (2013.01); B29K 2995/0096 (2013.01); B29L 2031/7502 (2013.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 70/00 (2014.12);
Abstract

A constant force expansion construct includes a plurality of expandable layers, each expandable layer including: (a) a longitudinal restricting beam; and (b) a plurality of interconnected flexible biasing struts connecting the longitudinal restricting beam of one expandable layer to another longitudinal restricting beam in a next adjacent expandable layer, the biasing struts being biased toward a compressed position and being movable between the compressed position and an expanded position in which a distance between successive longitudinal restricting beams is increased.


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