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Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2023

Filed:

Aug. 09, 2021
Applicant:

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);

Inventors:

Xiaopeng Li, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Ziqi Yu, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Taehwa Lee, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 15/02 (2006.01); E04B 1/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 15/02 (2013.01); E04B 1/185 (2013.01);
Abstract

Described is a system for transmitting a flexural wave acting on one structure to another structure. In one example, a system includes a first structure having a first property and a first end and a second structure having a second property and a second end connected to the first end of the first structure. The first property is different from the second property and may be related to the material and/or geometric properties of the first and second structures. A mechanical resonator is connected to the first structure at a distance from the first end of about a quarter-wavelength of the frequency of a flexural wave acting on the first structure. The mechanical resonator matches a first mechanical impedance of the first structure to a second mechanical impedance of the second structure to allow high transmission of the flexural wave acting on the first structure to the second structure.


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