Clamp ring
AssigneeBiomet Manufacturing, LLC
InventorsPaul Slagle, Kevin Stone, Jacy Hoeppner
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Abstract
A clamp ring includes a generally arced portion. The generally arced portion has a top half and a bottom half each having a guide channel formed therein, the top half and the bottom half each have an exterior portion and an interior portion defining boundaries of the guide channels. The interior portions together have a partially circular cross section with a number of interior reliefs formed therein and the exterior portions together have a partially circular cross section with a number of exterior reliefs formed therein that is greater than zero and equal to or greater than the number of interior reliefs formed in the interior portions.
Claims18
A clamp ring, comprising:
- a generally arced portion arced within a plane,
- said generally arced portion having a top half and a bottom half disposed on opposite sides of the plane,
- the top half and bottom half each having a guide channel formed therein,
- said top half and said bottom half each having an exterior portion and an interior portion defining boundaries of said guide channels,
- said interior portions together having a partially circular cross section with a number of interior reliefs formed therein and said exterior portions together having a partially circular cross section with a number of exterior reliefs formed therein that is greater than zero and one of equal to and greater than said number of interior reliefs formed in said interior portions.
A clamp ring, comprising:
- a generally arced portion arced within a plane, said generally arced portion having a top half and a bottom half disposed on opposite sides of the plane, said top half and said bottom half each having a curved track formed thereon;
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- at least one straight portion continuous with said generally arced portion, said at least one straight portion having a top half and a bottom half each having a straight track formed thereon continuous with said curved tracks, wherein continuous straight tracks and curved tracks form ring tracks each defining a track length, said ring tracks allowing a clamp to continuously slide along said track lengths.
A clamp ring, comprising:
- a generally arced portion arced within a plane,
- said generally arced portion having a top half and a bottom half disposed on opposite sides of the plane,
- the top half and bottom half each having at least one guide channel formed therein,
- said top half and said bottom half each having an exterior portion and an interior portion each defining a boundary of at least one guide channel,
- said interior portions together having a partially circular cross section with a number of interior reliefs formed therein and said exterior portions together having a partially circular cross section with a number of exterior reliefs formed therein that is greater than zero and one of equal to and greater than said number of interior reliefs formed in said interior portions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.