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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2017
Applicant:
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Inventors:
Michael S. Seifert, Southlake, TX (US);
Brett C. Howard, Grapevine, TX (US);
Thomas C. Parham, Jr., Colleyville, TX (US);
Martin Alex Peryea, Southlake, TX (US);
Assignee:
BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON INC., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 15/02 (2006.01); B64C 27/00 (2006.01); B64C 5/02 (2006.01); B64C 27/04 (2006.01); F16F 7/01 (2006.01); B64C 27/82 (2006.01); B64C 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 27/001 (2013.01); B64C 5/02 (2013.01); B64C 27/04 (2013.01); F16F 7/01 (2013.01); B64C 29/0033 (2013.01); B64C 2027/8281 (2013.01); F16F 7/015 (2013.01); F16F 2224/0275 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a particle damper for damping a component when the particle damper is attached to the component. The particle damper comprises a plurality of pockets configured to hold a plurality of particles, and the particle damper also comprises an attachment fitting for coupling the particle damper to the component.