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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:
Mar. 01, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2020
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Maor Farid, Brighton, MA (US);
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
A hybrid rotational passive energy absorber () is configured to mitigate effects of a load on an attached system. An axle () is anchored to a housing () at a first axle end and a second axle end. A free swinging weighted arm () includes a beam () having a length L, a pivot portion () disposed at a first end of the beam, and an internal mass () at a second end of the beam. A bearing () rotatably connects the pivot portion to the axle. The bearing is configured to provide smooth motion of the weighted arm around an axis () of the axle in a rotation and/or oscillation plane orthogonal to the axis.
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