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Tunable Passive Vibration SuppressorAn apparatus and method for vibration suppression using a granular particle chain. The granular particle chain is statically compressed and the end particles of the chain are attached to a payload and vibration source. The properties of the granular particles along with the amount of static compression are chosen to provide desired filtering of vibrations.
Document ID
20170000203
Acquisition Source
Headquarters
Document Type
Other - Patent
Authors
Boechler, Nicholas
Dillon, Robert Peter
Daraio, Chiara
Davis, Gregory L.
Shapiro, Andrew A.
Borgonia, John Paul C.
Kahn, Daniel Louis
Date Acquired
January 4, 2017
Publication Date
December 6, 2016
Subject Category
Acoustics
Report/Patent Number
Patent Application Number: US-Patent-Appl-SN-13/851,730
Patent Number: US-Patent-9,512,894
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
Patent
US-Patent-9,512,894
Patent Application
US-Patent-Appl-SN-13/851,730
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