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US3174716A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Magnetostrictive multiplier device

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1962-10-15
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Granted: 1965-03-23
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Expires: 1982-10-15
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Salter Jack Nelson

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-24 17:34
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04R; H04R1/00; H04R1/42; B; B06; B06B; B06B1/00; B06B1/02; B06B1/08; H01; H01H; H01H55/00; H04R15/00; H10; H10N; H10N35/00

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 176 words
IN COMBINATION (A) A HOUSING DEFINING A FLUID CHAMBER AND A PRESSURE PORT COMMUNICATING WITH SAID FLUID CHAMBER, (B) A FERROMAGNETIC DISPLACEMENT MEMBER CARRIED IN SAID HOUSING, (C) MEANS SELECTIVELY OPERABLY TO MAGNETIZE SAID DISPLACEMENT MEMBER, (D) AN ELONGATED RESILIENT BOW SPRING MEMBER CARRIED IN SAID FLUID CHAMBER IN A NORMALLY STRAIGHT POSITION ON AN AXIS SUBSTANTIALLY NORMAL TO AND COPLANAR WITH THE AXIS OF SAID PRESSURE PORT, (E) MEANS FIXING THE ENDS OF SAID RESILIENT BOW SPRING MEMBER AND AT LEAST ONE OF SAID ENDS BEING OPERABLY CONNECTED TO SAID DISPLACEMENT MEMBER WHEREBY AS MAGNETIC FORCE IS APPLIED TO SAID DISPLACEMENT MEMBER DIMENSIONAL CHANGES PRODUCED IN SAID DISPLACEMENT MEMBER WILL VARY THE SPACE BETWEEN SAID ENDS AND URGE SAID RESILIENT BOW SPRING MEMBER TO AN ARCUATE POSITION, (F) SAID PRESSURE PORT BEING DISPOSED IN A POSITION TO BE ENGAGED BY SAID BOW SPRING MEMBER WHEN SAME IS IN ITS ARCUATE POSITION WHEREBY AS SAID DISPLACEMENT MEMBER IS MAGNETIZED CAUSING SAID BOW SPRING MEMBER TO MOVE TO ITS ARCUATE POSITION SAID PRESSURE PORT IS VARIABLY RESTRICTED.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 176 words
IN COMBINATION (A) A HOUSING DEFINING A FLUID CHAMBER AND A PRESSURE PORT COMMUNICATING WITH SAID FLUID CHAMBER, (B) A FERROMAGNETIC DISPLACEMENT MEMBER CARRIED IN SAID HOUSING, (C) MEANS SELECTIVELY OPERABLY TO MAGNETIZE SAID DISPLACEMENT MEMBER, (D) AN ELONGATED RESILIENT BOW SPRING MEMBER CARRIED IN SAID FLUID CHAMBER IN A NORMALLY STRAIGHT POSITION ON AN AXIS SUBSTANTIALLY NORMAL TO AND COPLANAR WITH THE AXIS OF SAID PRESSURE PORT, (E) MEANS FIXING THE ENDS OF SAID RESILIENT BOW SPRING MEMBER AND AT LEAST ONE OF SAID ENDS BEING OPERABLY CONNECTED TO SAID DISPLACEMENT MEMBER WHEREBY AS MAGNETIC FORCE IS APPLIED TO SAID DISPLACEMENT MEMBER DIMENSIONAL CHANGES PRODUCED IN SAID DISPLACEMENT MEMBER WILL VARY THE SPACE BETWEEN SAID ENDS AND URGE SAID RESILIENT BOW SPRING MEMBER TO AN ARCUATE POSITION, (F) SAID PRESSURE PORT BEING DISPOSED IN A POSITION TO BE ENGAGED BY SAID BOW SPRING MEMBER WHEN SAME IS IN ITS ARCUATE POSITION WHEREBY AS SAID DISPLACEMENT MEMBER IS MAGNETIZED CAUSING SAID BOW SPRING MEMBER TO MOVE TO ITS ARCUATE POSITION SAID PRESSURE PORT IS VARIABLY RESTRICTED.

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