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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7303185 | Damping arrangement with a cable loop arrangement serving as a damping member A damping arrangement or isolator has two terminal members which are connected with each other by a single closed-loop cable band arrangement serving as a damping member. The terminal members each possess at least two eyes to receive the cable strap in the open posi... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7288326 | Active energy absorbing cellular metals and method of manufacturing and using the same Multifunctional cellular metals (or other materials) for structural applications that are capable of recovering their original (undeformed) shape and thickness after impact or crushing (i.e., self-healing). Alternatively, they may normally be stored or used in their... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7216859 | Damping arrangement A damping arrangement is proposed with at least two holding devices (10, 11) that are connected to one another via at least one damping element (12) in the form of a plane element made of a wire mesh or wire fabric, said holding devices (10, 11)... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7174806 | Flexible bearing damping system, energy storage system using such a system, and a method related thereto A bearing damping system for damping vibrations and conducting heat from vibration-producing, heat-generating devices, an evacuated energy storage system including such a bearing damping system for damping vibrations produced by the rotating shaft and conducting hea... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7121566 | Skateboard suspension system A truck assembly for use on a skateboard. The truck assembly includes a housing that is configured for attachment to a board of the skateboard. The housing has a longitudinal axis. A resilient member may be retained by the housing. A mounting member may engage the r... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7029044 | Tunable, healable vehicle impact devices An impact absorbing device for a vehicle uses a shape memory material that can be heated to repair deformation from a relatively low speed, low energy impact and its stroking force and energy absorption can be tuned by heating. The shape memory material is suitably ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6908467 | Supreme distracter A fixation device for internally or externally fixing fractures comprising at least one nitinol wire having an S-shaped section and two ends wherein each of said two ends forms a hook for hooking into a bone section of a fractured bone. This device can be made from ... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6629688 | Damping arrangement A damping arrangement is proposed with at least two holding devices (10, 11) that are connected to one another via at least one damping element (12) in the form of a plane element made of a wire mesh or wire fabric, said holding devices (10, 11) being sec... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6536483 | Large wire loop filters and mechanical dampers Present day wire knitting machines are used to make wire mesh used in the manufacture of filters for airbag assemblies, catalytic converter seals, mechanical dampers, and the like, but are unable to knit large diameter wire, especially wire having a diame... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6530564 | Nitinol impact absorbers An impact absorber for protecting a protected item against damage or injury upon impact includes a formed metallic structure having at least one Nitinol member having a grounded portion in contact with a first structure positioned to engage the protected ... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6299150 | Composite spring mount shock absorber A spring element is made of a spring material and is formed into a generally elliptical shape. Two mounting pins extend in a normal direction through parallel relatively short segments of said elliptically-shaped spring element. The mounting pins are subs... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6247686 | Vibration damper block An anti-vibration block is comprised of two substantially cylindrical coaxial end parts joined together by a cylindrical body coaxial with the end parts and of smaller section than these, the end parts and the cylindrical body defining a groove, a substan... | 06/19/2001 |
| 5280888 | Resilient buffer made of metal wire The buffer is preferably made by a method comprising the step of making a substantially cylindrical preform by helically winding a strip made of resilient metal wire in at least two layers of opposite pitch, and the step of compressing the preform axially... | 01/25/1994 |
| 5230407 | Linkage rod with shock absorbing A linkage rod for absorbing shocks and vibrations has a housing with a central bore. A spacer tube and a spacer load plate are inserted into the central bore. Several resilient members preferably formed of crimped metal wire strands are located in the cen... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5203593 | Flexible exhaust coupling with gasket crush reducing resilient members The exhaust coupling of the invention comprises a first length of tubing having a first assembly flange fixed thereon, a second length of tubing associated with a second assembly flange, clamping means disposed to urge the assembly flanges towards each ot... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5149068 | Resilient anti-vibration sleeve, in particular for an exhaust coupling A resilient anti-vibration sleeve of the invention comprises a mass of compressed steel wire surrounded by a maintaining strip made of metal wire wound helically around the mass of compressed steel wire and having its ends fixed to the mass of compressed ... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5149066 | Isolator with improved symmetrical response to shock and vibration forces An isolator with improved uniform spring characteristic response resists transmission of shock and vibration forces between structures, and includes a plurality of arched, individual, flexural support elements arranged circumferentially about an upright a... | 09/22/1992 |
| 4642592 | Grounding and supporting metal mesh A grounding and supporting metal mesh provides connection between a circuit board with a cavity and a housing. The mesh is in the form of a spring made by interconnected torsional members. The mesh is plated with a metal which is compatible with the groun... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4121675 | Apparatus for gripping a shaft or the like Apparatus is disclosed that includes a housing through which extends a shaft, such as a drill string. A body of wire mesh is carried by the housing and located between the housing and the drill string. The wire mesh is compressed to cause it to expand lat... | 10/24/1978 |
| 3936076 | Cycle shock absorber A shock absorber for use in combination with either or both a seat post and front wheel fork of bicycles and the like. The shock absorber includes a pair of elongated tubes adapted to fit together in a telescopic fashion. The wall of each tube has a pair ... | 02/03/1976 |
