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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2018
United States of America As Represented BY the Administrator of Nasa, Washington, DC (US);
Robert E. Berry, Madison, AL (US);
Jeffrey L. Lindner, Madison, AL (US);
W. Neill Myers, Huntsville, AL (US);
John S. Townsend, Union Grove, AL (US);
United States of America as represented by the Administrator of NASA, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A frequency-tunable vibration damper includes a first container having rigid wall regions and compliant wall regions. A second container is coupled to the first container such that a wall region of the second container includes one of the compliant wall regions. A fluid fills the first container and a gas fills the second container. A flow restrictor is included in the second container and is spaced-apart from the one of the compliant wall regions included with the second container.