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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2014
Applicant:
Darrell J Hartwick, Newton, MA (US);
Inventor:
Darrell J Hartwick, Newton, MA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 3/02 (2006.01); F16F 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 3/023 (2013.01); F16F 1/041 (2013.01); F16F 3/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device with stiffness adjustment has a housing having a plurality of passageways, each defining an axis. The device has a plurality of stiffness devices each having a plurality of flat springs elongated in the direction of the passageway axis. The plurality of stiffness devices are each rotatable about their respective passageway axis. In an embodiment, the device has a casing interposed between the wall of the passageway of the housing and the stiffness devices. The casing is a spring.