Patent ID: 11867247
Assignee: ROTOR CLIP COMPANY, INC.
Field: Mechanical elements (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 5:
6. A method comprising:
coiling a flat wire onto itself to produce a wave spring that comprises:
a first end portion;
a second end portion opposite with respect to the first end portion;
active turns disposed between the first and second end portions and comprising waved or non-planar turns;
a plurality of non-active turns disposed between the first and second end portions and comprising planar or non-waved turns;
an aligned portion of the active and non-active turns having at least one first non-active turn disposed between at least two active turns; and
a floating end of the first end portion having a cut off point adjacent to a wave trough of an adjacent active turn that is disposed between two wave crests of the adjacent active turn such that the first end portion is spaced apart from the active turns and the non-active turns of the wave spring,
wherein
a second non-active turn of the plurality of non-active turns comprises the first end portion that terminates at the floating end and the first end portion is axially bent with respect to the second non-active turn such that the floating end is axially bent towards the wave trough of the adjacent active turn.