The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2003
Michael R. Smith, Colleyville, TX (US);
Frank B. Stamps, Colleyville, TX (US);
Taeoh Lee, Keller, TX (US);
David E. Heverly, Jr., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Robert J. Pascal, Warwick, RI (US);
Michael R. Smith, Colleyville, TX (US);
Frank B. Stamps, Colleyville, TX (US);
Taeoh Lee, Keller, TX (US);
David E. Heverly, Jr., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Robert J. Pascal, Warwick, RI (US);
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Abstract
A tunable vibration isolator with active tuning elements having a housing, fluid chamber, and at least one tuning port. A piston is resiliently disposed within the housing. A vibration isolation fluid is disposed within the fluid chambers and the tuning ports. The tunable vibration isolator may employ either a solid tuning mass approach or a liquid tuning mass approach. The active vibration elements are preferably solid-state actuators.