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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2022
Applicant:
Nhk Spring Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Takafumi Hirata, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuki Hotoda, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
NHK SPRING CO., LTD., Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 17/02 (2006.01); B25J 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 17/02 (2013.01); B25J 19/0025 (2013.01);
Abstract
A bending structure includes a bending part, which has an inner coil part and an outer coil part that are elastically bendable and stretchable, and in which a corresponding winding section of the inner coil part is fit in a space between adjacent winding sections of the outer coil part. At least one of the inner coil part and the outer coil part is conductive and forms a conductive path.