1) The present invention relates to the design of wave spring particularly, the design of variable dimension wave springs, and fabrication of the same using additive manufacturing technology.
2) The present invention relates to the various designs of the wave springs with variabilities in all design parameters such as strip thickness, strip width, strip shape (round cross-section or rectangular cross-section), wave contacts, edge shapes, and even a combination of wave and helical spring.
3) This invention relates to the variability of wave spring design in all principle axes (x, y, and z).
4) This invention also relates to the first ever additive manufacturing of a simple wave spring and several variable dimension wave springs.
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