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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2018
Applicant:
Stillpoints Llc, Hudson, WI (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Stillpoints LLC, Hudson, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 15/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 15/021 (2013.01);
Abstract
In some embodiments, a vibration isolator comprises a housing having a base portion and a wall portion. A plurality of bearings are disposed within the housing. The bearings are arranged in a configuration comprising a plurality of layers. A first layer comprises a bearing and a second layer comprises a plurality of bearings. Each bearing in the second layer contacts the wall portion of the housing. Each bearing comprises a plurality of contact points in contact with another portion of the vibration isolator, and no two contact points of a bearing are diametrically opposed.