Structural members containing energy storage
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsRoger D. Bernhardt, Daniel J. Clingman
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Abstract
Structural members containing energy storage are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a first spring unit having a first plate spaced from a second plate and a first biasing element positioned between the first plate and the second plate. The first biasing element enables the first plate to move relative to the second plate in a direction along a longitudinal axis of the apparatus. A second spring unit has a third plate spaced from a fourth plate and a second biasing element positioned between the third plate and the fourth plate. The second biasing element enables the third plate to move relative to the fourth plate along the longitudinal axis of the apparatus. A battery is positioned between the first spring unit and the second spring unit.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a first spring unit having a first plate spaced from a second plate and a first biasing element positioned between the first plate and the second plate, the first biasing element to enable the first plate to move relative to the second plate in a direction along a longitudinal axis of the apparatus;
- a second spring unit having a third plate spaced from a fourth plate and a second biasing element positioned between the third plate and the fourth plate, the second biasing element to enable the third plate to move relative to the fourth plate along the longitudinal axis of the apparatus;
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- a battery positioned between the first spring unit and the second spring unit.
An apparatus comprising:
- a first plate;
- a second plate;
- a plurality of first springs positioned between the first plate and the second plate to enable the first plate to move relative to the second plate;
- a third plate;
- a fourth plate;
- a plurality of second springs positioned between the third plate and the fourth plate to enable the third plate to move relative to the fourth plate;
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- a battery positioned between the second plate and the third plate, the first springs to impart a first force to a first side of the battery and the second springs to impart a second force to a second side of the battery opposite the first side.
An apparatus comprising:
- means for storing energy;
- means for imparting a first force;
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- means for imparting a second force, the means for storing energy positioned between the means for imparting the first force and the means for imparting the second force, the means for imparting the first force to impart a force a first side of the means for storing energy and the means for imparting the second force to impart a force to a second side of the means for storing energy opposite the first side.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.