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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Steven A. Lane, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Steven F. Griffin, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force, Washington, DC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 1/106 ; H03B 2/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 1/106 ; H03B 2/900 ;
Abstract
A lightweight self-contained vibro-acoustic device is disclosed for dissipating low frequency vibration and acoustic energy within the payload fairing of launch vehicles. The device can be mounted on the interior surfaces of a fairing and adaptively tuned to match targeted structural and acoustic dynamics using electronic feedback loops.