SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY WIRE ATTACHMENT STRUCTURES FOR SUSPENSION ASSEMBLY

• Main Authors: JOHN A THEGET, PETER F LADWIG, MARK A MILLER, MICHAEL W DAVIS, BRYAN J SCHEELE, DONALD M ANDERSON, DOUGLAS P RIEMER
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 23.12.2021
• Subjects: ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USINGWAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FORPROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; BLASTING; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROGRAPHY; HEATING; HOLOGRAPHY; LIGHTING; MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MECHANICAL-POWER PRODUCING DEVICES OR MECHANISMS, NOTOTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR OR USING ENERGY SOURCES NOT OTHERWISEPROVIDED FOR; OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS; OPTICS; OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICS; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER; SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA OR LIKE MOTORS; WEAPONS; WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS MOTORS

To provide a suspension assembly that is highly functional, robust, and efficient in manufacture.SOLUTION: A suspension assembly 10 has a support member 12, a moving member 14 movably coupled to the support member 12, and shape metal alloy wires 15 coupled between the support member 12 and the moving member 14 by attachment structures. The attachment structures include a first portion and a second portion configured to be crimped together. When crimped together, the first portion and the second portion hold the shape metal alloy wires 15 securely in place.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1A 【課題】高機能で、堅牢、及び製造効率のよいサスペンション組立体を提供する。【解決手段】サスペンション組立体１０は、支持部材１２、支持部材１２に移動可能に連結された可動部材１４、及び取り付け構造によって支持部材１２と可動部材１４の間に連結された形状金属合金ワイヤ１５を有する。取り付け構造は、ともにクリンプされるように構成された第１部分及び第２部分を含む。第１部分と第２部分とは、ともにクリンプされるときに、形状金属合金ワイヤ１５を所定の位置に確実に保持する。【選択図】図１Ａ