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Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2013

Filed:

Dec. 12, 2006
Applicants:

Jody G. Robbins, Phoenix, AZ (US);

William E. Woodbury, Ii, Apache Junction, AZ (US);

Scott A. Boster, Scottsdale, AZ (US);

Mark J. Miskill, Phoenix, AZ (US);

Inventors:

Jody G. Robbins, Phoenix, AZ (US);

William E. Woodbury, II, Apache Junction, AZ (US);

Scott A. Boster, Scottsdale, AZ (US);

Mark J. Miskill, Phoenix, AZ (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16M 13/00 (2006.01); F16M 11/00 (2006.01); B60N 2/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method and apparatus for an adaptive, multi-axis suspension support system providing both coarse and fine suspension to a payload. Coarse suspension control is provided to maintain the payload within a coarse range of position. Fine suspension control is provided by monitoring and analyzing vibration characteristics in both time and frequency domains to determine the required amount of damper resistance to be exerted by a magnetorheological (MR) device.


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