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US 2017/0261114 A1Published application
Control element with buckled member
AssigneeGenesis Advanced Technology Inc.
InventorJames Brent Klassen
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Abstract
A control element having a beam member divided into an actuation section and a valve section positioned on opposing sides of a pivot member, in which active control of the actuation section causes buckling of the valve section to bring the valve section from a closed state to an open state or causes relaxing of the valve section to bring the valve section from an open state to a closed state.
Claims23
A control element, comprising:
- a beam member loaded in compression to cause the beam member to buckle between opposed ends of the beam member;
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- a motion limiting member disposed between the opposed ends of the member and arranged to limit buckling of the beam member and separate the beam member into a first section and a second section while allowing longitudinal motion of the beam member relative to the motion limiting member.
A control element, comprising:
- a buckled beam with a linear motion constraint between a first constrained end and a second constrained end, in which buckling of the buckled beam at the first constrained end causes the second constrained end to straighten.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.