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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7540465 | Shock absorbing motor mount for vibratory belt drive A motor mount for a motor that drives an endless belt for a vibratory apparatus has a platform on which the motor is attached. The platform is supported on a base by a pivoting connection so that the platform rotates about an axis that is parallel to the motor shaft... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7278615 | Coupling mechanism with a mobile infusion unit A coupling mechanism for selectively coupling an equipment rack to a stationary receptacle unit and to a mobile equipment cart, the coupling mechanism includes a suspension mount disposed on the equipment rack, a first receptacle element, and a second receptacle ele... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7273128 | Vibration proofing heat shield plate A vibration proofing heat shield plate fixed such as to cover at least a part of a heat source while forming a gap with respect to a surface of the heat source is provided with a vibration proofing heat shield plate main body portion, a collar member positioned at a... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7188831 | Flexure-type suspension system providing for three degrees of freedom and flexure-type positioning assembly based thereon Suspension system comprising a flat spring member having four legs. The legs are symmetrically arranged with respect to the center position of the spring member and each of the legs has a longitudinal axis and an end portion. A suspension frame is provided to suppor... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7175150 | Compound vibration damper assembly A compound vibration damper assembly includes a vertical damping unit fixedly connected at a lower end to a locating surface for absorbing a Z-direction vibration force transmitted to a target apparatus, and a horizontal damping unit connected at a lower end to an u... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7153560 | Damping element for a shoe A damping element for a shoe, especially for a sports shoe, having at least one first element which extends essentially in a load direction over a pre-determined height in the unloaded state of the damping element, and is embodied as a hollow body defining a receivi... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7118265 | Optical member, backlight assembly and liquid crystal display device using the same Disclosed are an optical member (100), a backlight assembly (500) and a liquid crystal display device (800) using the optical member. The optical member (100) includes an optical body (110) and a first fixing part (120). The... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7087906 | Bellows with spring anti-gravity device Embodiments of the present invention are directed to apparatus and methods of attenuating vibration, particularly for modern stepper machines and other types of vibration sensitive equipment. The attenuation system exhibits good vibration attenuation in the axial or... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7059559 | Device for supporting a web and device and process for removing a web from an axle A device for supporting a web with a holding device (5), a first spring element (14), which generates a first spring force directed roughly against the force caused by the load in case of a loading of the holding device (5) and with a second spr... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7028952 | Rotation stabilizing device in a microgravitational rotating apparatus A rotation stabilizing device in a microgravitational rotating apparatus has vibration suppressed and rotation stabilized. Recess portions 10a, 10b are provided on a casing 10 so that bearings 14, 15 are arranged therein for... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7007289 | Floating support structure for CD changer A CD changer mounted on a vehicle is supported in a floating manner to sufficiently damp vibrations and prevent a CD from skipping. Mounting plates and a pair of inner support plates are connected to each other at two front and two rear points by a first set of damp... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6917200 | Magnetic resonance tomography device having a noise-suppressing function by damping mechanical vibrations It is possible to suppress noise by intensively damping mechanical vibrations in MRT devices, especially gradient coils and magnet vessels, using compound materials containing centers of negative stiffness. The invention relates to a core spin tomography device, whe... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6912518 | Methods and systems for planning, scheduling and communicating between planning and scheduling models using process cycles A plan is a relaxation of the production management problem with time buckets: no precise lead times, no exact continuous balance of material. A schedule considers the full production management problem with all of the details. The present invention includes methods... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6676101 | Vibration isolation system A horizontal-motion vibration isolation system for supporting an object in an equilibrium position relative to a base while suppressing the transmission of horizontal vibratory motion between the object and the base includes a plurality of columns, each c... | 01/13/2004 |
| 5833204 | Radial flextures, Beam-Columns and tilt isolation for a vibration isolation system The present invention provides improvements in the design of radial flexures and beam-columns used in vibration isolation systems which rely on a principle of loading a particular elastic structure which forms the isolator or a portion of it to approach t... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5758859 | Shock absorbing vehicle seat assembly A land vehicle seat assembly for absorbing explosive shocks is mounted on e vehicle's floor. The assembly has an anti-friction pad on the floor. A base plate on the pad swings around a pin fixed to the floor at the front of the plate. Horizontal shock abs... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5669594 | Vibration isolating system An improved version of vibration isolation systems using negative stiffness incorporates a payload and payload platform on just one 6-DOF isolator in a unique and innovatively compact configuration. The isolator includes a platform supported on an assembl... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5639059 | Support for a seat A shock absorbing assembly for coupling to a pedestal for mounting a seat of a boat, the shock absorbing assembly including a shock absorber mounted in a housing, a pair of guide shafts being provided and being slidably mounted through the housing.... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5559671 | BI-directional shock isolation mounting system and method An apparatus shock isolation mounting system includes an apparatus, a base, and an apparatus chassis that carries the apparatus and is vertically slidable with respect to the base. A pair of oppositely disposed, self-centering preloaded springs with inter... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5549269 | Gas spring assembly A gas spring including a housing, and a rolling convolution type flexible gas seal supporting a piston within the housing. The piston has a chamber and a resilient vibration damper unit resides within the chamber for reducing the horizontal stiffness of t... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5549270 | Vibration isolation system An improved omnidirectional vibration isolating suspension apparatus for supporting an object in an equilibrium position relative to a base while suppressing transmission of vibratory motion between the object and the base, in which an isolator internal s... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5390892 | Vibration isolation system An improved vibration isolation system utilizes at least one pair of structures connected vertically in series with each other and with a base structure and preloaded vertically, with a payload platform disposed between and connected to the structures. Ea... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5370352 | Damped vibration isolation system An improved vibration isolation system utilizes a damped elastic structure loaded to approach a point of elastic instability to reduce the stiffness of the structure and to increase the damping. The system provides very low amplification at system resonan... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5348266 | Reduced horizontal stiffness vibration isolation system A reduced horizontal stiffness vibration isolation system including a gas spring assembly with a load support interface portion and pivot device externally coupled to the gas spring assembly for allowing the gas spring assembly to pivot when either the lo... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5310157 | Vibration isolation system A vibration isolation system utilizes various configurations of elastic structures loaded to approach a point of elastic instability. In one form of the invention, the system uses a combination of a negative-stiffness mechanism and a positive spring to su... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5293782 | Process and device for driving a surface in a reciprocating motion in a plane A device and a process are disclosed for driving a moving surface in a reciprocating motion in a plane, and having a magnitude A2. Two parallelograms are provided, which can be distorted in a plane perpendicular to the plane where the motion is... | 03/15/1994 |
| 5199690 | Active vibration isolation system An active vibration isolation system which has three groups of airbag springs for supporting a load and isolating the load from vibration, together with a servo-valve system for admitting pressurized air to or exhausting pressurized air from each group of... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5178357 | Vibration isolation system An improved vibration isolation system utilizes at least one pair of structures connected vertically in series with each other and with a base structure and preloaded vertically, with a payload platform disposed between and connected to the structures. Ea... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5169110 | Force-damping energy-removing isolator An isolator includes flexural elements for resisting transmission of shock and vibration forces between structures, and also includes conductor elements for conducting energy such as heat and/or electricity from at least one of the structures. Each elemen... | 12/08/1992 |
| 5065637 | Adjusting device and adjustable textile fiber carding apparatus Textile fiber carding apparatus is provided with an adjusting system for carrying out linear adjusting movements which are at least esentially independent of friction, and free from jerks and oscillations. The system includes a carrier (20) for the object... | 11/19/1991 |
| 4796849 | Anti-vibration mounting device for a compact disk player An anti-vibration device for attaching a compact disk player to an automobile is disclosed whereby the player is positively retained in place and is not subjected to the shocks and vibrations of the vehicle during its normal operation. The device has a ge... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4789023 | Vibration isolating heat sink Methods and apparatus for transporting a heat-generating load through an environment affected by vibrations and pressure variations, employ a capillary structure for advancing that working fluid, when in a liquid state, from a condenser section at a heat-... | 12/06/1988 |
| 4665792 | Missile longitudinal support assembly A shock resistant missile longitudinal support assembly provides axial support to a canisterized missile while allowing the missile to translate under shock in any radial direction relative to the longitudinal axis of the canister.... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4587995 | Vibration-insulating and vibration-damping suspension for a weaving machine The suspension for the weaving machine employs vibration-damping bearing elements which have vertical spring constants which differ from each other by at least one order of magnitude. In addition, the sum of the horizontal spring constants of the bearing ... | 05/13/1986 |
| 4493471 | Sound speaker stand for attenuating vibrations A speaker stand for supporting a speaker enclosure on the floor comprising a rigid planar member (11) supporting a waffled cushion pad (12) on the top surface with the pad including peaks 17 and valleys 19. Semiresilient rails (13, 14, 15, 16) positioned ... | 01/15/1985 |
| 4411403 | Pivot support bracket for mirror assembly A mirror assembly for a vehicle comprises a housing (12) and a mirror assembly (18, 20) mounted therein. The housing includes attachment means (30, 32, 34, 36) for supporting the mirror (18, 20) in the housing (12). Support means (22) pivotably mounts the... | 10/25/1983 |
| 4360184 | Pneumatic device for attenuation of vertical, horizontal and rotational dynamic forces A pneumatic piston assembly wherein a first apertured piston having a piston well is secured by a diaphragm to a pneumatic chamber. A load-supporting element is received in and pivotally engages the floor of the piston well. The load to be isolated direct... | 11/23/1982 |
| 4343452 | Spring support strut for drum-type washing machine An elastic support for a horizontally rotating washing machine or the like in which two spring support strut assemblies are disposed substantially in the middle of the machine and to either side of a vertical plane which includes the axis of rotation. Eac... | 08/10/1982 |
| 4251045 | Method and apparatus for reducing undesired transmission of acoustic energy from a loudspeaker cabinet and for acoustically isolating high fidelity sets therefrom Method and apparatus are disclosed for reducing undesired transmission of acoustic energy from a loudspeaker cabinet into the structure of a building in which the loudspeaker is located, and also for reducing the undesired acoustical feedback from the lou... | 02/17/1981 |
| 4200332 | Adjustable chair A lockable gas cylinder in parallel with a mechanical spring controls the adjustment of tilt in a chair seat and back. A linkage mechanism permits tilting of the chair seat about a pivot located close to the forward edge of the seat and permits tilting of... | 04/29/1980 |
