Patent ID: 7841568
Filing Date: 2010-11-30
Classification: F16B

Abstract:
1. A suction cup, comprising: a suction cup body having at least one surface including a gel, said surface being a suction surface; and an elastically deformable spring element provided in or on said suction cup body, having a concave shape so as to make said suction surface have a concave shape, and energizing a central part of said suction surface away from a surface to be sucked in the condition where said suction surface is in suction contact with said surface to be sucked, wherein a surface on the other side in the thickness direction of said suction cup body is a convex back surface, said spring element is formed from a metal, a carbon material, or a fiber-reinforced plastic, said spring element is attached to said back surface, and said spring element includes a central hole and a net-like material which extends radially from the central hole.