Compact mechanical waveguides for impact devices
AssigneeUniversity of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
InventorsGhatu Subhash, Wilburn Whittington
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to compact waveguide impact devices. One example includes a branching compact mechanical waveguide that has at least one input impact location and at least one input impact location output impact point. The compact waveguide impact device also includes at least one input impact component. A controller device activates the at least one input impact component to strike the at least one input impact location according to an input impact pattern, thereby producing a desired output impact pattern.
Claims15
A compact waveguide impact device, comprising:
- at least one input impact component that impacts a branching compact mechanical waveguide comprising at least one input impact location and at least one output impact point that is different from the at least one input impact location;
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- a controller device that activates the at least one input impact component to impact the at least one input impact location of the branching compact mechanical waveguide according to an input impact pattern, wherein impacting the at least one input impact location produces an output impact pattern at the at least one output impact point.
A method, comprising:
- impacting, using at least one input impact component, a branching compact mechanical waveguide comprising at least one input impact location and at least one output impact point that is different from the at least one input impact location;
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- activating, by a controller component, the at least one input impact component to impact the at least one input impact location of the branching compact mechanical waveguide according to an input impact pattern, wherein impacting the at least one input impact location produces an output impact pattern at the at least one output impact point.
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