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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2014
Technical Manufacturing Corporation, Peabody, MA (US);
Emil Kraner, Swampscott, MA (US);
Antonio Lopes, Salem, MA (US);
Technical Manufacturing Corporation, Peabody, MA (US);
Abstract
An active damping system for use in connection with a vibration isolation system includes an intermediate mass between a base and an isolated payload. The intermediate mass is supported by at least one support element which also supports at least substantially all of the static forces of the isolated payload. An actuator dampens and isolates dynamic forces acting on the intermediate mass from the isolated payload. The active damping system also includes a payload support element and a passive damping element, both of which are coupled at one end to the payload platform and at an opposite end to the intermediate mass. A sensor is affixed to the intermediate mass to generate a feedback signal to a processor coupled to the actuator.