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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2012
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Frank Joseph Gill, III, Conshohocken, PA (US);
Russell Eddy Fay, Newark, DE (US);
Assignee:
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 7/10 (2006.01); B64C 27/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 7/10 (2013.01); B64C 27/008 (2013.01); Y10T 156/1064 (2015.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for reducing a vibratory response in a structure using a tuning object. A selected mass may be identified for the tuning object. A plurality of channels may be formed in a workpiece having a mass greater than the selected mass to form the tuning object having the selected mass. The tuning object may be bonded to the structure using an adhesive bond to reduce the vibratory response of the structure.