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Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2024

Filed:

Feb. 15, 2022
Applicant:

Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);

Inventors:

Zaffir A. Chaundhry, South Glastonbury, CT (US);

Ulf Jonsson, East Hartford, CT (US);

Jake B. Range, McKinney, TX (US);

Assignee:

RAYTHEON COMPANY, Waltham, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 15/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 15/046 (2013.01); F16B 2200/77 (2023.08); F16F 2224/0258 (2013.01);
Abstract

A multi-flexure payload isolation device for isolating a payload from outside forces. The device can include a housing comprising an interior cavity configured to receive and support the payload. The device can further include a first flexure and a second flexure, each including a plurality of spokes made of a pseudoelastic shape-memory alloy anchored to the housing and configured to support the payload from the housing through an opening in the housing. The first and second flexures can each further include a common hub attached to a side of the payload and disposed in the opening in the housing wherein the each of the pluralities of spokes are anchored to the respective common hub.


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