Lord Corporation

Michael D Janowski

Douglas Edward Ivers

Askari Badre-Alam

Douglas A Swanson

Gerald P Whiteford

Lane R Miller

Stephen F Hildebrand

Michael W Trull

Andrew D Meyers

William S Jensen

Scott K Miller

Russell E Alteri

Michael F Walch

Sean A Coots

John L Sheppard

Douglas C Leicht

Doug A Swanson

The present disclosure provides an improved circular force generator having a housing configured to reduce vibrational forces transmitted to an aircraft structure. Additionally, the disclosed configuration provide the necessary safety redundancies required by the aviation industry. The circular force generator includes mounting point around the exterior of the CFG housing and a central mounting point thereby providing redundant mounting points.

Force generator with center attachment and/or redundant attachment points

An electromagnetic inertial actuator includes a support base and a parallel arrangement of a first flexure part, a voice coil motor part, and a second flexure part. The parallel arrangement is cantilevered from the support base.

Electromagnetic inertial actuator

A controlled equilibrium device comprising a housing; at least one spring, each at least one spring having a spring stiffness; and a load leveling device movable through the housing between a first maximum displacement position and a second maximum displacement position, the load leveling device comprising a deadband displacement zone defined between a first deadband displacement threshold and a second deadband displacement threshold, the displacement required to reach the first and second deadband displacement thresholds being less than the displacement distances required to reach the first and second maximum displacement positions, the at least one spring stiffness being substantially constant when the displacement of the load leveling device is within the deadband zone, the stiffness of the at least one spring being modified to a second stiffness when the load leveling device is equal to or beyond either the first deadband displacement threshold or the second deadband displacement threshold.

Controlled equilibrium device with displacement dependent spring rates and integral damping

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Clayton, NC, United States of America

Michael D Janowski