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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 16, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
David A. Osterberg, Glendale, AZ (US);
Toren S. Davis, Peoria, AZ (US);
Conor D. Johnson, Belmont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 7/10 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 7/10 ;
Abstract
A container with an inside surface and a mass mounted for oscillation in the container with a pair of bellows in the container each having a bias spring therein and a removable end to expose the interior of the bellows to exchange the spring for easy tuning of the damping characteristics and a plurality of balls, one each positioned in a plurality of troughs around the periphery of the mass proximate the ends there to bear against the inside surface so as to provide low friction oscillation of the mass in the container.