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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2014
Itt Manufacturing Enterprises Llc, Wilmington, DE (US);
Mark J. Ott, Orchard Park, NY (US);
ITT Manufacturing Enterprises LLC, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A flexible vibratory damping apparatus is defined by a sheet-like component that is formed from threads made from at least one elastomeric material and formed into a knitted configuration. The knitted configuration is defined by a plurality of adjacent loops wherein the sheet-like component can be wrapped about a structural component under load or otherwise attached thereto. Under an applied load, the adjacent loops act independently in terms of resonance wherein the size of the adjacent loops, the density of the formed mesh and the properties of the elastomeric material used can be suitably varied as needed in order to adjust or tune the damping characteristics of the apparatus. In at least one version, a constraining layer can also be applied onto at least a portion of the apparatus.