Device for dampening the force acting on an electronic component, and a drill rod section of a ground drilling device having such a device
AssigneeTRACTO-TECHNIK GmbH & Co. KG
InventorTobias Klein
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Abstract
A device for dampening the action of a force on an electronic component, particularly one in the form of a probe, wherein the device comprises a receptacle space for the component, which is surrounded by an outer wall along a longitudinal axis, and transversely to the longitudinal axis there is situated an end closure of the receptacle space, wherein the outer wall and the closure comprise the same material and the material has a structural conformation which produces a dampening effect of the device in the longitudinal direction.
Claims23
A device for dampening the action of a force on an electronic component, wherein the device comprises a receptacle space for the component, which is surrounded by an outer wall along a longitudinal axis (L), and transversely to the longitudinal axis (L) there is situated an end closure of the receptacle space, wherein a same material defines the outer wall and the end closure, wherein the material has a structural conformation which produces a dampening effect of the device in the longitudinal direction (L), the dampening effect in the longitudinal direction being different from a dampening effect of the outer wall, and
- wherein the dampening effect of the device is influenced in the longitudinal direction (L), at least at the closure, by means of a hollow structure of the material;
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- wherein the device end closure further comprises an asymmetrical outer contour adapted to prevent the device from twisting in a receptacle in a drill string section of a ground drilling device.
A drill string section of a ground drilling device having a device for dampening the action of a force on an electronic component and comprising a receptacle space for the component, which is surrounded by an outer wall along a longitudinal axis (L), and transversely to the longitudinal axis (L) there is situated an end closure of the receptacle space, wherein a same material defines the outer wall and the end closure and the material has a structural conformation which produces a dampening effect of the device in the longitudinal direction (L), the dampening effect in the longitudinal direction being different from a dampening effect of the outer wall, wherein the dampening effect of the device is influenced in the longitudinal direction (L), at least at the closure, by means of a hollow structure of the material, and wherein the receptacle for the device is formed in the drill string section and the outer dimensions of the device are adapted to the dimensions of the receptacle.
A method for producing a device for dampening the action of a force on an electronic component wherein the device comprises a receptacle space for the component, which is surrounded by an outer wall along a longitudinal axis (L), and transversely to the longitudinal axis (L) there is situated an end closure of the receptacle space, wherein a same material defines the outer wall and the closure, wherein the method comprises three dimensional (3D) printing the region in the closure and the outer wall, by which the material at the closure is given a structural conformation and the structural conformation produces a dampening effect of the device in the longitudinal direction (L), the dampening effect in the longitudinal direction being different from a dampening effect of the outer wall, wherein the dampening effect of the device is influenced in the longitudinal direction (L), at least at the closure, by means of a hollow structure of the material, wherein the method further includes forming an asymmetrical outer contour to prevent the device from twisting in a receptacle in a drill string section of a ground drilling device.
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