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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2016
Applicants:
Samir Ali Nayfeh, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Justin Matthew Verdirame, Durham, NC (US);
Inventors:
Samir Ali Nayfeh, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Justin Matthew Verdirame, Durham, NC (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 1/14 (2006.01); G03F 7/20 (2006.01); F16F 15/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 1/14 (2013.01); F16F 15/02 (2013.01); G03F 7/707 (2013.01); F16F 2228/04 (2013.01); F16F 2230/0041 (2013.01); F16F 2230/0052 (2013.01); F16F 2230/34 (2013.01);
Abstract
This invention relates to the constraint of a flexible body with low distortion and low uncertainty in its location. A class of mechanisms involving at least one pivot rocker is disclosed. These mechanisms fully constrain a body in space, but when constrained allow the flexible body to vibrate in the shape of one or more of its free mode shapes. Such a set of constraints yields a constrained system with high natural frequencies without over-constraining the body.