US 12,259,009 B2
Tolerance ring, assembly, and method of making and using the same
Thomas Childs, Bristol (GB)
Assigned to SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS RENCOL LIMITED, Coventry (GB)
Appl. No. 17/419,172
Filed by SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS RENCOL LIMITED, Coventry (GB)
PCT Filed Dec. 31, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/087184
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 28, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/141169, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 9, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/786,878, filed on Dec. 31, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0106986 A1, Apr. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. F16D 1/08 (2006.01); F16D 1/06 (2006.01); F16D 7/02 (2006.01)
CPC F16D 1/0835 (2013.01) [F16D 2001/062 (2013.01); F16D 7/021 (2013.01); F16D 2200/0021 (2013.01); F16D 2250/0046 (2013.01); F16D 2300/0212 (2013.01); F16D 2300/10 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tolerance ring comprising:
a tolerance ring sidewall comprising a plurality of waves extending at least one of radially inward or outward and having first and second end portions terminating at first and second ends, respectively, wherein the tolerance ring has a first radius of curvature, R1, measured at a point bisecting a circumferential length, Lc, of the tolerance ring sidewall, and a second radius of curvature, R2, measured along one of the first and second end portions of the tolerance ring sidewall, and wherein at least one of: 1) R1 is greater than R2, or 2) wherein R1 is negative and R2 is positive.