Various embodiments of the present technology may provide methods and apparatus for a 3D-printed spring. The 3D-printed spring may be formed from a plurality of toroidal elements spaced apart from each other and connected with a plurality of connectors. Each connector connects one toroidal element to a directly adjacent toroidal element.

A vacuum pump and a damper for the vacuum pump are provided so as to increase vibration isolation in a twisting direction with a simple structure and prevent rupture of an O-ring and an elastic member by regulating a misalignment of flanges facing each other. Provided are a first flange and a second flange, each having a central opening, the flanges being shaped like rings opposed to each other; an O-ring and an intermediate ring that are disposed between the first flange and the second flange; O-rings disposed between the first flange and the intermediate flange and between the intermediate ring and the second flange; a plurality of elastic members that are disposed between the first flange and the second flange and are spread in the circumferential direction of central openings; and airtightness keeping means including positioning pins inserted into positioning holes sequentially provided on the first flange, the intermediate ring, and the second flange.

A subframe mounting bush structure for improving NVH performance is provided. The subframe mounting bush structure includes an outer shell, a first bridge formed in the outer shell along a longitudinal direction, a second bridge formed in the outer shell along the longitudinal direction, a first inner shell positioned at a center of the first bridge, and a second inner shell positioned at a center of the second bridge.

A fluid dispenser having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet; and a pump for drawing fluid from a fluid source via the fluid inlet towards the fluid outlet; wherein the pump has a housing and a spring adapted to bias the pump away from a compressed position and towards a rest position; the spring being situated at least partially within the housing; and wherein the spring comprises one or more resiliently deformable polymer units.

A fluid dispenser having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet; and a pump for drawing fluid from a fluid source via the fluid inlet towards the fluid outlet; wherein the pump has a housing and a spring adapted to bias the pump away from a compressed position and towards a rest position; the spring being situated at least partially within the housing; and wherein the spring comprises one or more resiliently deformable polymer units.

A line arrangement for assembly, for at least partial insertion inside a component and/or for guiding through the inside of a component, particularly a chamber of a bodywork component of a vehicle, includes at least one line which is designed in a non-rigid manner with a plurality of rigid segments and with flexible connection elements that connect to the rigid segments.

An elastic bush and an electric motor using the elastic bush are proposed. The elastic bush includes a bush body having in a central portion thereof a coupling hole into which a rotating shaft is inserted, a circular separation plate spaced apart from an end of the bush body in an extending direction of the rotating shaft and coming into close contact with a neighboring associated component, and a plurality of connecting legs each connected at both ends thereof to the bush body and the separation plate, and elastically deformed to vary a relative distance between the bush body and the separation plate. An entire length of the elastic bush is varied through elastic deformation. Therefore, a gap between two components located on both sides of the elastic bush, such as a front bush and an armature assembly, may be more effectively reduced.

An actuator for a camera according to an embodiment includes a base having an inner space formed therein, a carrier provided inside the base and configured to move in at least one direction among an optical axis direction, a first direction perpendicular to the optical axis and a second direction perpendicular to the optical axis and the first direction; and a damper provided to the carrier or the base and configured to have a shape extending in two or more directions among the optical axis direction, the first direction and the second direction.

Disclosed is a zero Poisson's ratio structure including a central pillar; at least two branched connectors extending radially from a lower end of the central pillar, wherein each of the branched connectors includes: a first segmental portion extending inclinedly upwardly or downwardly from the central pillar; and a second segmental portion extending inclinedly downwardly or upwardly from a distal point of the first segmental portion, wherein the extension directions of the first and second segmental portions are opposite to each other; and each leg extending perpendicularly downwardly from a distal point of each of the second segmental portions, wherein due to a force pressing the central pillar, each of an angle between the central pillar and the first segmental portion, an angle between the first segmental portion and the second segmental portion, and an angle between the second segmental portion and the leg is variable.

Disclosed is a zero Poisson's ratio structure including a central pillar; at least two branched connectors extending radially from a lower end of the central pillar, wherein each of the branched connectors includes: a first segmental portion extending inclinedly upwardly or downwardly from the central pillar; and a second segmental portion extending inclinedly downwardly or upwardly from a distal point of the first segmental portion, wherein the extension directions of the first and second segmental portions are opposite to each other; and each leg extending perpendicularly downwardly from a distal point of each of the second segmental portions, wherein due to a force pressing the central pillar, each of an angle between the central pillar and the first segmental portion, an angle between the first segmental portion and the second segmental portion, and an angle between the second segmental portion and the leg is variable.