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US 11,124,033 B2Granted
Dampener insert
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorYuri Anatoly Karpenko
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Abstract
An assembly includes a vehicle component. The assembly includes a body embedded in the vehicle component, the body defining a chamber and having an outer surface defining an intrusion extending toward the chamber and engaged with the vehicle component. The assembly includes a plurality of dampening particles within the chamber.
Claims17
An assembly, comprising:
- a vehicle component;
- a body embedded in the vehicle component, the body enclosing and surrounding a chamber, the chamber elongated along an axis, the body extending along an entirety of the chamber along the axis, the body having an outer surface defining an intrusion extending toward the chamber and engaged with the vehicle component;
- and
- a plurality of dampening particles within the chamber, each of the dampening particles having a size of 0.1 to 1 millimeters.
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A dampener, comprising:
- a monolithic body defining a chamber, the monolithic body elongated between ends along an axis and having a first portion between the ends and a second portion between the ends adjacent and thinner than the first portion, the monolithic body is cylindrical and has a third portion thinner than the first portion, the third portion circumferentially spaced from the second portion about the axis, the first portion between the second portion and the third portion about the axis;
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- a plurality of dampening particles within the chamber and abutting the first portion and the second portion, each of the dampening particles having a size of 0.1 to 1 millimeters.
A dampener, comprising:
- a monolithic body elongated between ends along an axis, the monolithic body defining a chamber and having an inner surface including protrusions extending into the chamber;
- a plurality of dampening particles within the chamber and surrounding and abutting the protrusions, each of the dampening particles having a size of 0.1 to 1 millimeters;
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- a support within the chamber and immovably fixed to the monolithic body, the support spaced from the protrusions and surrounded by the dampening particles.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.