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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2006
Filed:
May. 16, 2003
Applicants:
Douglas E. Ivers, Cary, NC (US);
Robert W. Wilson, Ii, Amherst, MA (US);
Inventors:
Douglas E. Ivers, Cary, NC (US);
Robert W. Wilson, II, Amherst, MA (US);
Assignee:
LORD Corporation, Cary, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 7/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method for absorbing vehicle body vibrations is described. The mechanical self-tuning vibration absorber system is utilized to absorb a body vibration with a varying frequency. In a particular application the absorber system provides for absorbing varying frequency vibrations of a helicopter aircraft body. The vibration absorber system utilizes asymmetrical damping to tune the resonant frequency of the system.