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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 1999
Filed:
May. 15, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
John R Mlinar, Coon Rapids, MN (US);
Donald S Oblak, North St. Paul, MN (US);
Assignee:
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1565802 ; 1565801 ; 228-11 ; 310323 ;
Abstract
A non-nodal mounting system for an ultrasonic element includes a drive ring and a flexible disk. The drive ring is rotatably connected to a mounting housing. The flexible disk is fixed at a radially inner portion to the ultrasonic element and at a radially outer portion to the drive ring. The flexible disk can include flexible fingers for reducing the force transmitted to the drive ring. Also, the flexible disk can include an inner annular ring at the radially inner portion and a concentric annular ring at the radially outer portion. The rings are connected by the fingers.