Spring Design, which released its Alex e-reader last month, has filed a lawsuit against Barnes & Noble for misappropriating trade secrets and violating a non-disclosure agreement surrounding Alex ...

One of the ebook readers I checked out at CES 2010 and one that has a lot of people interested is the Alex from Spring Design. We just received a press release stating that the dual screen ereader ...

It has been going on for over a year and finally the lawsuit brought against Barnes and Noble by Spring Design for patent and intellectual property violations has been settled once and for all! Barnes ...

• Stock springs are generally intended for prototyping, and their use in production can compromise designs. • Experts recommend discussing specific design requirements with a spring manufacturer. The ...

When designing helical or compression springs, you’ll confront several challenges and trade-offs, especially when it comes to getting the best possible performance from the wire. You will want to use ...

We asked Smalley marketing engineer Justyna Rapacz to fill us in on the design of wave springs and their utility to engineers designing products. We turned to Smalley as the inventor of the edge wound ...

When one needs a spring, a 3D-printed version is maybe not one’s first choice. It might even be fair to say that printed springs are something one ends up making, rather than something one sets out to ...