Title:
VARIABLE STIFFNESS MECHANISM
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2013/025510
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A variable suspension mechanism (102) includes an arrangement of two springs (121 and 122), a lever (130) having a receiving location (134) for receiving an external force, and a pivot element (140) slideably coupled to the lever. The variable suspension mechanism includes an actuator (150) for relocating the pivot element causes a fulcrum (136) of the lever to relocate. An effective stiffness of the variable suspension mechanism relative to the external force applied at the receiving location is a rational function that depends on at least spring constants of the two springs and a location of the pivot element relative to the two springs. A suspension system (100) includes the variable suspension mechanism coupled to a conventional spring (106) in a series arrangement.
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Inventors:
ANUBI OLUGBENGA MOSES (US)
CRANE CARL DAVID III (US)
RIDGEWAY SHANNON C (US)
CRANE CARL DAVID III (US)
RIDGEWAY SHANNON C (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2012/050355
Publication Date:
May 10, 2013
Filing Date:
August 10, 2012
Export Citation:
Assignee:
UNIV FLORIDA (US)
ANUBI OLUGBENGA MOSES (US)
CRANE CARL DAVID III (US)
RIDGEWAY SHANNON C (US)
ANUBI OLUGBENGA MOSES (US)
CRANE CARL DAVID III (US)
RIDGEWAY SHANNON C (US)
International Classes:
B60G11/14; B60G3/20; F16F1/04
Foreign References:
| US4848789A | 1989-07-18 | |||
| US7984915B2 | 2011-07-26 | |||
| US20080191441A1 | 2008-08-14 | |||
| US6948707B2 | 2005-09-27 | |||
| JP2004106654A | 2004-04-08 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
GIBBONS, Jon, A. et al. (One Boca Commerce Center551 N.W. 77th Street, Suite 11, Boca Raton FL, US)
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