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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2016
Rolls-royce Plc, London, GB;
Stewart Lowth, Nottingham, GB;
Adam Nagy, Loughborough, GB;
ROLLS-ROYCE plc, London, GB;
Abstract
A damper damping motion of a first object relative to a second object, the damper including: a casing including a conductor; plurality of magnetic elements serially in a first direction within the casing and each including at least one magnet so adjacent magnetic elements repel in the first direction; at least one magnetic element is moveable relative to other magnetic elements within and relative the casing; the conductor allows movement of at least one moveable magnetic element relative to the casing induces current in the conductor, the magnetic field produced by current providing a braking force to the moving magnetic element; at least one moveable magnetic elements includes a first connecting part and either casing or at least one other magnetic element includes a second connecting part, one connecting part for connecting the damper to the first object, and other connecting part for connecting the damper to the second object.