Patents Examined by Iraj A. Mohaqndesi
  • Patent number: 7362030
    Abstract: A spring device includes of a coil spring case formed of right, left, back and front side plates and a spring receiving plate, a coil spring having a linear spring property, and a spring urging member for urging the coil spring into the coil spring case. A distance between the right and left side plates of the spring case is set a little larger than an outer diameter of the coil spring. A distance between the back and front side pates of the spring case is set about 1.5 to 2 times larger than the outer diameter of the coil spring, and a length of the spring case is set smaller than a free length of the coil spring. The coil spring is deformed and a non-linear spring property is obtained when the coil spring is urged through the spring urging member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: Japan Servo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nubuhiro Ozawa, Takeshi Kirihara, Shinji Ikeda