5018 results about "Vibration isolation" patented technology

An adaptive energy absorption system for a vehicle seat is disclosed, utilizing an adaptive energy absorber or variable profile energy absorber (VPEA) for mitigating occupant injury due to extreme vehicle movement (e.g., during a vehicle shock event), and / or for mitigating vibration experienced by an occupant of the vehicle seat during normal vehicle operating conditions. Various configurations of dual-goal energy absorption apparatuses using both VPEA and fixed load energy absorbers (FLEAs) that enable both shock mitigation and vibration isolation are disclosed. A semi-active control absorption system, comprising a VPEA and FPEA configured to work in series, is also disclosed.

The invention discloses a six-degree-of-freedom vibration isolation platform based on a Stewart parallel mechanism. Through the combination of active vibration isolation technology, passive vibration isolation technology, the optimized design of the spatial six-degree-of-freedom parallel movement mechanism, the design of flexible mechanisms and the like, designed is the six-degree-of-freedom vibration isolation platform which is capable of rigidly transmitting low-frequency attitude control signals and attenuating high-frequency jamming signals and which is resonance free. A control moment gyro group is integrated in the platform; multi-degree-of-freedom disturbance produced by the control moment gyro group is converted into six independent unidirectional linear vibrations. Telescopic bars are exactly the same in structural design and all provided with an active vibration isolation unit and a passive vibration isolation unit, which are used to isolate the six independent linear vibrations respectively.

A first main body unit for supporting a substrate stage is supported at four points by vibration isolators, and a second main body unit is supported on the first main body unit at three points by second vibration isolators. This allows the first main body unit and the substrate stage to be supported stably with high rigidity, and for example, allows maintenance on the stage portion from the back side of the apparatus, which is not possible with the first main body unit supported at three points. Further, the apparatus comprises vibration isolation units connected in series in two platforms, which has a great effect of suppressing background vibration from the floor surface. Accordingly, exposure with high precision can be performed which improves the yield of devices, and the reduced maintenance time can improve the operation rate, consequently leading to an improvement in productivity of devices as end products.

A power toothbrush including a handle and a brush head with bristles. In one embodiment, the toothbrush includes vibratory means for causing the brush head and the bristles to vibrate, and vibration isolation means for reducing the transfer of vibrations from the vibratory means to the handle. The vibratory means can include an eccentric motor positioned in the brush head or the brush shaft of the toothbrush. Vibration dampening material can be included in the vibration isolation means to reduce the transfer of vibrations to the handle.

An adaptive energy absorption system for a vehicle seat is disclosed, utilizing an adaptive energy absorber or variable profile energy absorber (VPEA) for mitigating occupant injury due to extreme vehicle movement (e.g., during a vehicle shock event), and / or for mitigating vibration experienced by an occupant of the vehicle seat during normal vehicle operating conditions. The adaptive energy absorption system achieves the aforementioned objectives for a wide range of occupant weights and load levels. Various configurations of dual-goal energy absorption apparatuses that enable both shock mitigation and vibration isolation are disclosed.

An adaptive energy absorption system for a vehicle seat is disclosed, utilizing an adaptive energy absorber or variable profile energy absorber (VPEA) for mitigating occupant injury due to extreme vehicle movement (e.g., during a vehicle shock event), and / or for mitigating vibration experienced by an occupant of the vehicle seat during normal vehicle operating conditions. The adaptive energy absorption system achieves the aforementioned objectives for a wide range of occupant weights and load levels. An alternate configuration of a dual-goal energy absorption system is also disclosed that enables both shock mitigation and vibration isolation.

A methodology for designing structured metamaterials that can reflect, absorb and focus the propagation of both scalar acoustic and vector elastic waves is described. Three exemplary representative inventions based on the disclosed invention are described, illustrating i) compact ultra-wide broadband isolation, ii) sub-wavelength gaps and negative index propagation utilizing a single material platform, and iii) a fundamentally new method of producing multiple high frequency spectral gaps. Such metamaterial designs possess a wide range of potential applications, ranging from but not limited to, isolating an entity from external mechanical or acoustical vibrations, compact focusing lenses as well as cascaded high frequency filters for wave shaping and nonlinear wave propagation control.

A tooth brushing system adapted to simultaneously clean a set of maxilla teeth or a set of mandible teeth. The system comprises a vibration inducer, a controller for the vibration inducer, a power source and a handle adapted to enclose the vibration inducer, the controller for the vibration inducer and the power source. The system further comprises a plurality of brushes adapted to simultaneously contact the set of maxilla teeth or the set of mandible teeth, a vibration isolation plate integral with the handle and a vibration transfer plate connected to the vibration inducer and the plurality of brushes and releasably connected to the vibration isolation plate, wherein the handle is adapted to be effectively held within a hand of a user and the vibration isolation plate is adapted to isolate vibration from the set of maxilla teeth or the set of mandible teeth not contacted by the plurality of brushes.

A battery pack has a unit cell packaged by a package material of a laminate type, an outer case which accommodates the unit cell therein, and a vibration isolation device which attenuates vibrations inputted to the outer case and transmitted to the unit cell by pressing one side surface of the unit cell. The vibration isolation device is disposed between the unit cell and the outer case, and includes a first press structure which presses the one side surface of the unit cell. The first press structure is constituted by connecting one surface of the outer case, the one surface facing to the one side surface of the unit cell, and a press plate abutting against the one side surface of the unit cell with an elastic member interposed therebetween.

A tunable vibration isolation device comprising a magneto-rheological elastomer (MRE), and methods of using such a device, are provided. By manipulating a magnetic field within the MRE the device's stiffness is controlled. The vibration isolator can be constructed to provide shock absorption in one, two and three dimensions. Coupling the tunable device to a sensor feedback and a control system provides fast and accurate vibration isolation and energy dissipation for shock events in a variety of applications.

The invention discloses a damping-adjustable vibration isolation platform with quasi-zero stiffness. The damping-adjustable vibration isolation platform comprises a bearing assembly, a fixed platform frame and damping assemblies. The bearing assembly is used for bearing vibration isolation objects. The fixed platform frame is provided with an open end and a cavity which is communicated with the open end, and the bearing assembly and the damping assemblies are contained in the cavity. The damping assemblies comprise the damping-adjustable upper damping assembly and the damping-adjustable lower damping assembly which are arranged in the cavity in the longitudinal direction, and the bearing assembly is connected with the fixed platform frame through the upper damping assembly and the lower damping assembly. The vibration isolation platform solves the difficulty existing when a traditional linear vibration isolation system isolates low frequency or ultra-low frequency vibration, and also overcomes the defects that an active or semi-active control vibration isolation device is complex in structure, high in manufacturing cost, high in energy consumption and the like; the vibration isolation platform is simple in structure, applicable to wide-frequency-domain vibration isolation, capable of being widely applied to precise equipment with strict vibration isolation requirements and has good engineering adaptability. Besides, damping is simple and convenient to adjust.

A seat air conditioner for a vehicle seat includes a blower unit which has a blower fan and an air discharge duct, a vibration isolation unit arranged between the blower unit and a cushion member of the seat, and an accordion duct which is arranged between the air discharge duct and an air passage defined in the cushion member. The blower unit is disposed at an opposite side to the cushion member with respect to seat spring members of the seat. Air blown by the blower fan flows toward a plurality of blowing-out openings formed at a surface cover member of the seat, through the air discharge duct, the accordion duct and the air passage formed in the cushion member.

The invention belongs to the vibration and noise control field, especially relating to a vibration isolating device for rail vehicle, comprising: connecting sleeve and spring vibration isolator, where the connecting sleeve is equipped with support stop and lift stop and comprises upper and lower sleeves, a splitting connecting structure is arranged between the upper and lower sleeves, the support stop is arranged at the upper part of the lower sleeve and the lift stop is arranged at the lower part of the upper sleeve. And the invention has features of compact and reasonable structure, low cost, enlarging the application range of under-roadbed vibration isolating devices, strong practicality, and having both economic and environmental protection effects, able to be applied to thinner rail floating slabs.

A bone conduction device, including a bone fixture adapted to be fixed to bone, a vibratory element adapted to be attached to the bone fixture and configured to vibrate in response to sound signals, and a vibration isolator adapted to be disposed between the vibratory element and the bone.

The invention discloses a parallel mechanism based multidimensional vibration platform. Standard zero stiffness of a vibration isolation platform at the equilibrium position and nonlinear stiffness nearby the equilibrium position can be realized by setting certain structural parameters, and the problem about difficulty in isolating low-frequency or ultra-low-frequency vibration for a traditional linear vibration isolation system; stiffness and damping can be easily and conveniently adjusted, vibration isolation of broad frequency domains are satisfied, and good engineering applicability is achieved; the multidimensional vibration platform is high in bearing stiffness, low in movement stiffness, small in static deflection, low in dynamic inherent frequency and good in vibration isolation effect; inherent contradictions restricting the traditional vibration isolation system, namely the contradictions of low-frequency vibration transmissibility and high-frequency vibration attenuation, can be solved by flexible adjustment of the stiffness and damping; the height and the static equilibrium position of the entire platform can be changed by adjusting a shock absorber spring base in height, and the multidimensional vibration platform is applicable to vibration isolation of objects of different weight.

A tunable vibration isolator with active tuning elements having a housing, fluid chamber, and at least one tuning port. A piston is resiliently disposed within the housing. A vibration isolation fluid is disposed within the fluid chambers and the tuning ports. The tunable vibration isolator may employ either a solid tuning mass approach or a liquid tuning mass approach. The active vibration elements are preferably solid-state actuators.

A hair drying apparatus includes a body defining an air inlet, an air outlet and an air flow path therethrough. An impeller generates a flow of air from the air inlet, through the air flow path and to the air outlet. A motor drives the impeller and a heating element heats air flowing through the air flow path. The heating element, motor and impeller are supported within the body. A handle is mounted to the body and a housing is at least partially surrounded by the body and at least partially surrounds the air flow path. The motor is supported within the housing. At least one vibration isolation member is located between an inner surface of the body and an outer surface of the housing.

The invention discloses a precise leveling system of a vibration isolation foundation bed. The lower bottom surface of the vibration isolation foundation bed is supported by air springs; a precise optical vibration isolation platform is arranged on the vibration isolation foundation bed; one or two level monitors are arranged on the precise optical vibration isolation platform for measuring an included angle between the vibration isolation platform and the absolute level in two mutually vertical directions; flexible leg monitoring devices are respectively connected with the own air springs; the output ends of the level monitors and the flexible leg monitoring devices are respectively connected with the input ends of controllers; the output ends of the controllers are connected with all control valves; an air channel port of each control valve is respectively connected with the own air spring; air supplying devices respectively supply air for each control valve. The precise leveling system realizes vibration isolation of Grade II; the vibration isolation platform has highly precise planarity and meets requirements of various precision instruments for the environment; the control valves realize the air inflow of a small amount during the charging process of the air springs, improve leveling precision and can keep the system stable. The precise leveling system is applicable to ultra precise measurement and processing.

A methodology for designing structured metamaterials that can reflect, absorb and focus the propagation of both scalar acoustic and vector elastic waves is described. Three exemplary representative inventions based on the disclosed invention are described, illustrating i) compact ultra-wide broadband isolation, ii) sub-wavelength gaps and negative index propagation utilizing a single material platform, and iii) a fundamentally new method of producing multiple high frequency spectral gaps. Such metamaterial designs possess a wide range of potential applications, ranging from but not limited to, isolating an entity from external mechanical or acoustical vibrations, compact focusing lenses as well as cascaded high frequency filters for wave shaping and nonlinear wave propagation control.

A suspension for a seat that varies the preload, spring rate and damping rate of the suspension in direct proportion to the suspended weight of an occupant of the seat to provide the same effective vibration isolation for any occupant. The suspension includes an actuating mechanism engaged with a first spring and a pivotal transfer link that is engaged with a second spring and a non-adjustable rate damper that are each fixedly attached to the seat opposite the transfer link. The transfer link is engaged with a weight adjustment mechanism which operates to adjust the position of a pivot pin for the transfer link with respect to the transfer link, such that the preload, spring rate and damping rate of the suspension are adjusted in proportion to the weight of the occupant of the seat to provide similar ride dynamics to any occupant of the seat.

The invention discloses an eight-rod-redundant-configuration and six-degree-of-freedom active vibration control device, which comprises an upper platform, a lower platform and eight active vibration isolating mechanisms, wherein the upper platform and the lower platform are arranged horizontally, and are connected with each other through the eight active vibration isolating mechanisms; and each active vibration isolating mechanism comprises an upper platform flexible hinge, a dynamic force sensor, voice coil motor actuators and a lower platform flexible hinge. An eight-rod-redundant-configuration active vibration control platform with the structure has a six-degree-of-freedom moving capability and can be used for performing omnibearing vibration isolation and suppression. The eight-rod-redundant-configuration and six-degree-of-freedom active vibration control device has the advantages that: eight voice coil motor actuators stretch, so that the upper platform can realize three-degree-of-freedom translation and three-degree-of-freedom rotation, a silent working environment is created for the upper platform, and the accuracies of optical equipment and laser equipment on the upper platform are greatly enhanced; and moreover, the eight-rod-redundant-configuration and six-degree-of-freedom active vibration control device has a high response speed, high accuracy and high reliability.

The invention discloses a hydraulic vibration active isolation platform which comprises an upper platform, a lower platform, a two-degree-of-freedom hook joint, a three-degree-of-freedom hook joint and a hydraulic active actuating rod. According to the invention, since the two-degree-of-freedom hook joint and the three-degree-of-freedom hook joint are designed by adopting a pre-tightening anti-backlash technology, the hinge gap is eliminated and the motion accuracy of the hydraulic vibration active isolation platform is much higher. Based on the isolation platform, an active isolation platform with six-degree-of-freedom large-range vibration isolation capability is provided for the application field of vehicle mounted or onboard optical observation and laser aiming and other technologies, so that the disadvantage that the low-frequency large amplitude vibration is hardly isolated by the traditional isolation platform is overcome.

The invention provides an engine vibration isolation system which is based on a combination suspension and a control method, relating to the automatic control technical field. The invention forms the combination suspension by a plurality of passive rubber elastomers and a single controllable magneto-rheological damper which is obliquely arranged between the middle part of the engine and a base; an acceleration sensor and a force sensor respectively extract the vertical and transverse vibration acceleration of the engine body and the vertical vibration force of the base, so as to calculate the vibration excitation frequency and the transverse vibration speed of the engine; an engine vertical vibration isolation fuzzy control rule and a transverse damping state control rule are established in a controller, and an oblique control force of the magneto-rheological damper is calculated; the driving current of the magneto-rheological damper is determined by an oblique control force, the damping force of the combination suspension is adjusted in real-time, the transmission of the vibration energy of the engine is restricted. The invention can lead to effective vibration isolation of the engine in wide-frequency range, reduces the self vibration of the engine, and improves the durability and the riding comfort of a carrier.

The invention relates to a magnetorheological elastomer active and passive integrated damper based on an extrusion type stress, which belongs to the structure vibration isolation and control field, wherein a magnetorheological elastomer is arranged in a magnetic conductive sleeve; the upside of the magnetorheological elastomer is connected with a joint lever; the lower part of the magnetorheological elastomer is fixedly connected with a lower positioning plate; a groove is arranged on an outer circumferential surface of the magnetic conductive sleeve positioned in a permanent magnet, embedded with a coil winding and positioned and fixed by an upper positioning plate and the lower positioning plate; the permanent magnet, the upper positioning plate, the lower positioning plate and the lower part of the joint lever are arranged in an outer magnet isolating cylinder; the upside of the outer magnet isolating cylinder is provided with an upper end closure; the upper part of the joint lever extends out from a pylome of the upper end closure and is connected with a controlled object; a pretightening spring is sleeved on the joint lever; the bottom of the outer magnet isolating cylinder is provided with a lower end closure; a sensor is fixed on the joint lever and connected with a power amplifier through a control unit module; the power amplifier is connected with the coil winding through cables. The magnetorheological elastomer active and passive integrated damper has large bearing capacity, a simple structure and can be automatically suitable for active and passive vibration control and has wide application range.

The invention discloses a load-bearing adjustable zero-stiffness electromagnetic vibration isolator and a control method thereof. An electromagnetic spring of the vibration isolator in the perpendicular direction is composed of three permanent magnets and two groups of controllable direct current electromagnets, two magnets have opposite polarity and generate repulsive force, and stiffness of theelectromagnetic spring can be adjusted by changing and controlling current. An electromagnetic spring of the vibration isolator in the horizontal direction is composed of two groups of symmetrically distributed electromagnetic springs, and stiffness of the electromagnetic spring can be adjusted by changing and controlling current. When the system load-bearing weight is changed, the stiffness of the perpendicular electromagnetic spring and the stiffness of the horizontal electromagnetic spring are led to meet a certain proportional relationship by adjusting and controlling current so that stiffness of the system at the balance position can be zero. When a vibration isolation device is in small vibration near the balance position, dynamic stiffness is very small, and natural frequency of the whole system is very low so that the vibration isolator can achieve wide-range frequency vibration isolation and has good low frequency vibration isolation effect. In addition, the vibration isolator is compact in structure, light in weight and convenient to control.

The present invention provides a structure for isolating the reaction forces generated by a planar motor. Specifically, the fixed portion of the reaction motor, which is subject to reaction forces, is structurally isolated from the rest of the system in which the planar motor is deployed. In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, the fixed portion of the planar motor is separated from the rest of the system and coupled to ground. The rest of the system is isolated from ground by deploying vibration isolation means. Alternatively or in addition, the fixed portion of the planar motor may be structured to move (e.g., on bearings) in the presence of reaction forces, so as to absorb the reaction forces with its inertia. In a further embodiment of the present invention, the fixed portion of the planar motor and the article to be moved are supported by the same frame, with the fixed portion of the planar motor movable on bearings.

A flexible heat pipe is disclosed for use with evaporator and condenser elements for removing heat from electronic components. The flexible heat pipe comprises a bellows member fixed at one end to a condenser member and at an opposite end to an evaporator member. A cable artery is disposed within the bellows and is fixed at one end to the evaporator, and slidingly engages the condenser at the opposite end. The bellows acts as a flexible vapor envelope, and the cable artery acts as a flexible wick for directing condensed working fluid from the condenser back to the evaporator. The sliding connection between the cable artery and the condenser allows relative axial movement, and the inherent flexibility of the cable artery allows relative lateral movement. Thus, the condenser and evaporator can move in all directions with respect to each other, which can provide desired vibration isolation of the two components.

A seat air conditioner for a vehicle seat includes a blower unit which has a blower fan and an air discharge duct, a vibration isolation unit arranged between the blower unit and a cushion member of the seat, and an accordion duct which is arranged between the air discharge duct and an air passage defined in the cushion member. The blower unit is disposed at an opposite side to the cushion member with respect to seat spring members of the seat. Air blown by the blower fan flows toward a plurality of blowing-out openings formed at a surface cover member of the seat, through the air discharge duct, the accordion duct and the air passage formed in the cushion member.

A shale shaker or vibratory separator which, in one aspect, has a base, vibration isolation apparatus on the base, a basket, mount apparatus for mounting the basket on the base, and at least one of the base, basket, and the mount apparatus made of, encased in, or coated with composite material which, in certain aspects, is all or part flexible composite material; and methods of using such separators and shakers.