Releasable mechanical abutment
AssigneeEuphya
InventorCharles Lamaignere
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Abstract
A releasable mechanical abutment consisting of a profile made of a resilient, thin, and elongated material (1, 30, 42, 70, 90, 107) at least partly bent over itself along a longitudinal axis, a force or effort being applied and exerted on ends of the profile, and at least one triggering element (22, 46, 64, 76, 93, 113) adapted for acting generally perpendicularly on one or several determined sections (10, 38, 50) of the profile by creating a deformation of the profile which materializes a preferential flexural zone, in a manner that abrupt buckling of the profile according to the zone and section is such that it does not exceed the resilient limit of the material, and causes the immediate relaxation of the applied force or effort.
Claims16
A releasable mechanical abutment, comprising
- a profile (1, 30, 42, 70, 90, 107) consisting of a resilient, thin and elongated material having a longitudinal axis thereof and being at least partly bent over itself along the longitudinal axis, and having at least one of several determined sections (10, 38, 50) between ends of the profile,
- means applying force exerted on the ends of the profile, and at least one triggering element (22, 46, 64, 76, 93, 113) being adapted for acting generally perpendicularly upon a surface of the at least one of several determined sections (10, 38, 50) of the profile to provide a deformation of the at least one of several determined sections which materializes a preferential flexural zone, in such a manner that abrupt buckling of the profile according to the deformation of the at least one of several determined sections is that it does not exceed a resilient limit of the material, and the at least one triggering element including releasing means (20, 66, 87) for causing an immediate relaxation of the deformation.
A releasable mechanical abutment comprising a profile (1, 30, 42, 70, 90, 107) consisting of a resilient and elongated material having a longitudinal axis, the profile adapted for being at least partly bent over itself along the longitudinal axis, and having at least one of several determined sections (10, 38, 50) disposed between ends of the profile,
- means applying a force exerted on the ends of the profile, and at least one triggering element (22, 46, 64, 76, 93, 113) being adapted for acting generally perpendicularly on the at least one of several determined sections (10, 38, 50) of the profile to provide a deformation of the at least one of several determined sections which defines a preferential flexural zone, in such a manner that abrupt buckling of the profile according to the deformation of the at least one of several determined sections is that it does not exceed a resilient limit of the material, and
- the at least one triggering element including releasing means (20, 66, 87) for causing an immediate relaxation of the deformation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.