Title:
FLEXIBLE MEMBER
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2020/209386
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
Provided is a flexible member that is capable of exhibiting excellent withstand load and bendability while achieving a reduction in size. This flexible member 1 is provided with: a body part 19 which has a plurality of wave washers 23 stacked in the axial direction and bonded together with each other, and which can be bent with respect to the axial direction by elastic deformation of the wave washers 23; and elastically-deformable linking members 21a, 21b that are provided to respective ends of the body part 19 and that are linked to a base part 15 and a moveable part 17, respectively, wherein when the body part 19 is being bent, the linking member 21a exhibits a deformation amount less than that of the wave washers 23.
Inventors:
OTSUKA MOTOYUKI (JP)
HIRATA TAKAFUMI (JP)
KUROKAWA SHIMPEI (JP)
NAKAYAMA SOICHI (JP)
INABA MASAHIRO (JP)
HIRATA TAKAFUMI (JP)
KUROKAWA SHIMPEI (JP)
NAKAYAMA SOICHI (JP)
INABA MASAHIRO (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2020/016214
Publication Date:
October 15, 2020
Filing Date:
April 10, 2020
Export Citation:
Assignee:
NHK SPRING CO LTD (JP)
International Classes:
B25J18/06; A61B17/29; F16F1/32
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2019073860A1 | 2019-04-18 |
Foreign References:
| JPH09229119A | 1997-09-02 | |||
| CN108953440A | 2018-12-07 | |||
| JPS60172035U | 1985-11-14 | |||
| JPS63140908U | 1988-09-16 | |||
| JP2014038075A | 2014-02-27 |
Other References:
See also references of EP 3954510A4
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
SUDO Yuichi et al. (JP)
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