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Patent No.:

US 9599180 B1

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Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017

Filed:

May. 03, 2016
Applicant:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);

Inventors:

Jocelyn Maxine Kluger, South Glastonbury, CT (US);

Alexander Henry Slocum, Bow, NH (US);

Themistoklis Panagiotis Sapsis, Cambridge, MA (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 1/22 (2006.01); G01B 11/16 (2006.01); G01B 7/16 (2006.01); G01L 1/04 (2006.01); F03G 1/00 (2006.01); G01L 1/00 (2006.01); F03G 1/02 (2006.01); F03G 1/10 (2006.01); F03G 7/08 (2006.01); H02K 35/02 (2006.01); H02K 7/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 1/22 (2013.01); F03G 1/00 (2013.01); F03G 1/02 (2013.01); F03G 1/10 (2013.01); F03G 7/08 (2013.01); G01B 7/16 (2013.01); G01B 11/16 (2013.01); G01L 1/00 (2013.01); G01L 1/044 (2013.01); H02K 7/1876 (2013.01); H02K 35/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

Nonlinear spring. In one embodiment, the spring includes two opposed curved surfaces curving away from one another. A flexible cantilever member is disposed between the two opposed curved surfaces and a mass is attached to a free end of the cantilever member wherein the flexible cantilever member wraps around one of the curved surfaces as the cantilever member deflects to form a nonlinear spring. Energy harvesting devices and a load cell are also disclosed.


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Kluger, Jocelyn. (2017). Beam-based nonlinear spring (U.S. Patent No. 9599180). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9599180

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