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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:
Oct. 27, 1981
Filed:
Sep. 26, 1979
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert C Peller, San Diego, CA (US);
Jack E Dyer, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
General Dynamics Corporation, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
188378 ; 267141 ;
Abstract
A damping device comprising a first element in the form of a bolt whose central rod portion, as a spring, forms a primary load path between structural elements between which the damping device is mounted, with a damping element of viscoelastic material loaded in shear between a pair of sleeves and forming a secondary load path, in parallel, with the primary load path to damp vibrations in the structural members.