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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2021
Moshun, Llc, Oak Brook, IL (US);
Timothy John Boundy, Deer Park, IL (US);
Steven Michael Barger, Bartlett, IL (US);
Terence Michael Lydon, Westmont, IL (US);
Richard Michael Lang, Howey In The Hills, FL (US);
Wilfredo Gonzalez, Jr., Plainfield, IL (US);
Darren Michael Boundy, Long Grove, IL (US);
Eric McHugh, Naperville, IL (US);
David Schuda, Wheaton, IL (US);
George L. Wilson, IV, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Gary W. Grube, Barrington Hills, IL (US);
Jason K. Resch, Warwick, RI (US);
Mario F. DeRango, Cary, IL (US);
John Edward Buchalo, South Barrington, IL (US);
Richard A. Herbst, Clarendon Hills, IL (US);
Kurt Estes, Lake Zurich, IL (US);
Evan Anderson, Naples, FL (US);
Moshun, LLC, Oak Brook, IL (US);
Abstract
A method for execution by a computing entity includes interpreting a fluid flow response from fluid flow sensors to produce a piston velocity and a piston position of a piston associated with a head unit device. The head unit device includes a chamber filled with a shear thickening fluid (STF) and a variable partition positioned within the chamber between the piston and a closed end of the chamber to dynamically affect volume of the chamber based on activation of the variable partition. The method further includes determining a shear force based on the piston velocity and the piston position. The method further includes determining a desired response for the STF based on the shear force, the piston velocity, and the piston position. The method further includes activating the variable partition using the desired response for the STF to adjust the volume of the chamber.