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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7812472 | Power generating skin structure and power generation system therefor A skin structure has a skin and a power generation system attached to the skin. The power generation system has a turbine, one or more tubes fluidly coupled to the turbine, and a generator configured to generate electrical power in response to motion of the turbine.... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7811048 | Turbine-intake tower for wind energy conversion systems A turbine-intake tower for delivering wind to a turbine has a hollow support column, an intake nozzle assembly rotatably coupled to the support column, and a tower nozzle disposed within the support column. The intake nozzle assembly is configured to receive and to ... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7157831 | Energy efficient vibration driven motor A motor includes a resonator and a vibration source coupled to the resonator. The vibration source can be a piezoelectric vibration source. A drive shaft is coupled to the resonator via a linkage. The vibration source(s) impart a vibration along the resonator such t... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7114711 | Smart isolation mounts with continuous structural elements featuring vibration energy management A method for controlling vibrations includes receiving the vibrations from a vibration-generating substructure at at least two vibration diverters and diverting the vibrations away from each of the vibration diverters, using the respective vibration diverters, to a ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 6953122 | Smart screening machine A screening machine that includes a screen having a periphery and a central porous region is provided. A motion amplifier is substantially rigidly attached in direct contact with the periphery of the screen and not in direct contact with the central porous region. A... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6938778 | Smart screening machine A screening machine having a base is provided. A screen is coupled to the base to separate material by size. The screening machine includes a vibration motor having piezoelectric elements and a vibration amplifier located between the piezoelectric elements and the s... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6935206 | Vibration control by confinement of vibration energy A method of producing an optimized structure design incorporating vibration confinement is provided. The method includes providing structural specifications and vibration confinement specifications for the structure. The method includes selecting a confinement regio... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6871565 | Vibration control by confinement of vibration energy A method for controlling vibration energy in a structure having a vibrating member using a vibration confinement device is provided. The vibrating member has boundaries and vibrates relative to the boundaries. The method includes selecting a vibration confinement re... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6708962 | Smart isolation mounts with continuous structural elements featuring vibration energy management A mount that can be used to connect a vibration-generating substructure to a main structure. The mount uses vibration diverters to couple the vibration-generating substructure to the main structure. The vibration diverters can include passive elements, e.g., plates,... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6666108 | Vibration control by confinement of vibration energy Undesirable vibrations are controlled in a mechanical structure by confining the vibrations to one or more specified areas of the structure. Vibration confinement is achieved using a confinement device which effectively applies both translational and tors... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6564640 | Smart skin structures A smart skin structure has vibration energy managing and steering capabilities. The skin can be used to managing vibrations in the skin or shell of a system, subcomponent, device, or structure. The skin has sensors coupled to the skin to obtain a response... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6543620 | Smart screening machine A screening machine that uses electrically controlled transducers to vibrate a separating screen. The transducers can be piezoelectric patches, discrete piezoelectric components, or electromagnetic shakers. Further, the transducers can be coupled directly... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6424887 | Motor noise silencer with vibration-based cooling system A motor noise silencer reduces noise at a source, such as an unbalanced electromechanical motor. The silencer, in one embodiment, comprises a multi-layer shell and an integrated vibration-based cooling system. The shell has an inner layer, a middle sound ... | 07/23/2002 |
