Bendable tube with improved elastic hinge
AssigneeFortimedix Assets II B.V.
InventorMattheus Hendrik Louis Thissen
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Abstract
A tube like member having a first flexible portion comprising a first, second, third and fourth circumferential slits, the first circumferential slit is arranged opposite to the second circumferential slit and comprising a first end and a second end, the second circumferential slit comprises a third end and a fourth end. The first flexible portion also comprises first, second, third and fourth longitudinal slits arranged longitudinally along the tube like member. The tube like member also includes first and second bridges, at least partially defined by the longitudinal slits.
Claims21
1-8. (canceled)
A member comprising:
- a first end portion;
- a second end portion opposite the first end portion along a longitudinal direction of the member;
- and
- a longitudinal element extending in the longitudinal direction,
- wherein the longitudinal element comprises a longitudinal strip divided into a plurality of sub-strips configured to move independently of each other in the longitudinal direction,
- wherein the longitudinal element comprises at least one rotation point such that when there is a longitudinal displacement difference between the sub-strips, at least a portion of the longitudinal element rotates about the at least one rotation point for at least partially compensating the longitudinal displacement difference between the sub-strips.
A member comprising:
- a first end portion;
- a second end portion opposite the first end portion along a longitudinal direction of the member;
- and
- a longitudinal element extending in the longitudinal direction,
- wherein the longitudinal element comprises a longitudinal strip divided into a plurality of sub-strips configured to move independently of each other in the longitudinal direction,
- wherein the longitudinal element comprises a first rotation point and a second rotation point such that when there is a longitudinal displacement difference between the sub-strips, at least a portion of the longitudinal element rotates about the first rotation point and at least a portion of the longitudinal element rotates about the second rotation point for at least partially compensating the longitudinal displacement difference between the sub-strips.
A member comprising:
- a first end portion;
- a second end portion opposite the first end portion along a longitudinal direction of the member;
- a bendable portion between the first end portion and the second end portion;
- and
- a plurality of longitudinal elements extending in the longitudinal direction,
- wherein at least one longitudinal element comprises a longitudinal strip divided into a plurality of sub-strips configured to move independently of each other in the longitudinal direction when the bendable portions bends,
- wherein the at least one longitudinal element comprises a plurality of rotation points such that when there is a longitudinal displacement difference between the sub-strips, a portion of the at least one longitudinal element rotates about each of the plurality of rotation points for at least partially compensating the longitudinal displacement difference between the sub-strips.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.