Spring: Elastic machine component able to deflect under load in a prescribed manner and to recover its initial shape when unloaded.

弹簧：一种有弹性的机器组件，能在承载时变形到预期的状态，卸载后又恢复到原状。

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This meant a different thought process as every component in the machine had to be redesigned to provide value at a lower cost.

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The Supreme Court did uphold a patent on a software-controlled rubber-curing machine in 1981, but its ruling emphasized that this was because the patent covered a physical machine that happened to have a software component, rather than claiming a software technique by itself.

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