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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2009
Stephen B. Provost, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Kelly Michael Banks, Glendale, AZ (US);
Stephen B. Provost, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Kelly Michael Banks, Glendale, AZ (US);
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Erlanger, KY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus is provided for reducing vibrations in a frame of a vehicle. The apparatus may include a housing component and a mass damper coupled to the housing component by a first elastic member and a second elastic member. The mass damper is configured to oscillate in a substantially vertical direction and out of phase with the frame of the vehicle. Disposed within the mass damper is a plurality of steel shots capable of movement in a relatively delayed phase with respect to the mass damper.
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