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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2006
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);
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);
Elliptical Mobile Solutions, LLC, Chandler, AZ (US);
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.