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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2008
Applicant:
Martin Sentmanat, Akron, OH (US);
Inventor:
Martin Sentmanat, Akron, OH (US);
Assignee:
Smartin Technologies LLC, Spicewood, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 32/06 (2006.01); F16C 25/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A compact, noncontact mechanical coupling, damping, and/or load bearing device comprising an internal load bearing member and an external load bearing member that are mated in an interdigitated relation while maintaining a gap therebetween is described. In some embodiments, the gap between the internal and external load bearing members is maintained by hydrostatic means, hydrodynamic means, electrorheological fluids, magnetorheological fluids, electric fields, and/or magnetic fields.