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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2011
Colin John West, Pontypridd, GB;
David Alistair Sutton, Bristol, GB;
Colin John West, Pontypridd, GB;
David Alistair Sutton, Bristol, GB;
AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED, Bristol, GB;
Abstract
A method of controlling an elastomeric damper. The damper is heated by passing an electric current through the damper or through a heating element in contact with the damper said heating causing a decrease in stiffness of the damper. The elastomeric damper may comprise an elastomeric material filled with electrically conductive particles, and the damper may be heated by passing an electric current through the elastomeric material. Alternatively the damper may be heated using a discrete resistive heating element, such as a coil embedded within the elastomeric damper or wound around it.