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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2014
Applicant:
Hrl Laboratories, Llc, Malibu, CA (US);
Inventors:
Christopher B. Churchill, Ventura, CA (US);
Guillermo A. Herrera, Winnetka, CA (US);
Jacob J. Mikulsky, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Geoffrey P. McKnight, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Andrew C. Keefe, Encino, CA (US);
Assignee:
HRL Laboratories, LLC, Malibu, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16M 13/00 (2006.01); F16D 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 7/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A variable stiffness structure configured to support a variable load, the variable stiffness structure including a shaft coupled to the variable load, a negative stiffness element, a clutch coupled to the negative stiffness element and configured to disengage and to engage the shaft, in response to a change in the variable load, while the structure supports the variable load.