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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:
Apr. 28, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 15, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Steven R Haeg, Shorewood, MN (US);
Thomas C Owens, Chanhassen, MN (US);
Assignee:
MTS Systems Corporation, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E01C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
73146 ;
Abstract
A wheelpan for use with tire coupled road simulators has a constrained layer damping material disposed between a top plate and a base plate, tuned mass dampers operably coupled to radially extending ribs or asymmetrical arrangement of the radially extending ribs in order to reduce vibrations of the wheelpan and noise generated therefrom.