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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2015
Lord Corporation, Cary, NC (US);
Paul Black, Fuquay-Varina, NC (US);
Douglas Swanson, Cary, NC (US);
Douglas G. Pedersen, Apex, NC (US);
Mark R. Jolly, Raleigh, NC (US);
Christopher Townsend, Shelburne, VT (US);
Ian Cassidy, Durham, NC (US);
LORD Corporation, Cary, NC (US);
Abstract
Structural health monitoring and protection systems and methods are provided. System and methods utilize structural information and/or enhanced built in testing capabilities for detecting failure modes that may cause damage to a structure. Systems and methods herein may protect a structure by mitigating one or more incorrect forces. The structure may be an aircraft, a rotary wing aircraft, or any other physical structure subject to vibrations and receptive to canceling of those vibrations.