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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2006
Applicant:
J. David Carlson, Cary, NC (US);
Inventor:
J. David Carlson, Cary, NC (US);
Assignee:
Lord Corporation, Cary, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 15/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A friction damper with a housing including a cavity. The damper includes a first member disposed in the cavity and movable in the cavity; a second member disposed in the cavity; an intermediate member between the first and second members, the first member being in frictional engagement with the intermediate member; and at least one magnetic field generator mounted to magnetically couple the first and second members thereby maintaining the first member in frictional engagement with the intermediate member and wherein the first member is movable against the intermediate member to generate a damping force.