Purdue Research Foundation

Eric S Lynch

Eric Allen Nauman

Evan Louis Breedlove

Anne Dye Zakrajsek

Anthony P Beach

Dynamic load-absorbing materials suitable for use as cushion-type and armor-type materials, for example, of types that can be incorporated into protective gear, equipment, armor, vehicles, and various other structures, or used for the isolation and dissipation of vibratory loads, such as vibration isolators used to support avionic equipment. The impact-absorbing materials include a matrix material () and at least first and second sets of inclusions (which can be either included material or voids) () in the matrix material () that define a hierarchy of inclusions () in the matrix material (). The inclusions () differ in size, quantity, shape and/or composition in a direction through the impact-absorbing material, the combination of which contributes to the ability of the material to exhibit at least one property that changes as the inclusions () are deformed under load.

Dynamic load-absorbing material and articles

A swinging hub is disclosed for adjusting the camber of at least one wheel mounted for rotation about one of a two oppositely extending axles via a camber adjustment mechanism including an actuator coupled to the at least one axle.

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Crawfordsville, IN, United States of America

Eric S Lynch