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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.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2001

Filed:

Oct. 18, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:

Dexter Smith, Columbia, MD (US);

Joseph Schwartz, Ellicott City, MD (US);

Eldon W. Ziegler, Jr., Clarksville, MD (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 1/101 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 1/101 ;
Abstract

An active attenuation system for a DC motor which yields global vibration reduction of slot or other motor induced tonals at the plate on which the motor is mounted without modifying the construction of the motor. The system comprises one or more vibration sensors, a signal synchronized to the slot rate or other motor induced tonal rate, an electronic adaptive controller and the means to supply the control signal into the motor field and/or armature current.


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