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US 12,560,215 B2Granted
Viscoelastic damper assembly
AssigneeMomentum Technologies AS
InventorsEven Lund, Haavard Björkøy Johnsen, Lina Ödlund
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Abstract
Viscoelastic damper assembly applicable both in air and submerged applications and with improved efficiency over prior art solutions for adding damping to an object or structure.
Claims19
A viscoelastic damper assembly (100) comprising:
- a housing (110) provided with an opening (111) at a first end thereof and provided with a first connection device (120) at a second closed end thereof,
- at least one damping unit (140) having a first end arranged to a second connection device (150) and a second end extending into the housing (110) via the opening (111),
- a resilient sealing means (160) providing an airtight and watertight seal between the at least one damping unit (140) and the housing (110),
- a compensation means (170a, 170b, 171) for compensating interior volume, wherein
- the first and second connection devices (120, 150) connect the viscoelastic damper assembly (100) to a stationary object or structure (410) at one side and to an object or structure (400) to be damped at another side,
- a viscous fluid (130) is accommodated in the housing (110),
- the housing (110) is partly filled with the viscous fluid (130) and partly filled with an immiscible filling fluid (131),
- the at least one damping unit (140) extends at least partly into the viscous fluid (130),
- the at least one damping unit (140) is formed by an elongated body (140a) and at least one damping device (140b) comprising at least two damping members (142a-142d),
- the at least two damping members (142a, 142b) are arranged to each other or to a base structure (143),
- the at least two damping members (142a-142d) are aligned horizontally or vertically,
- geometries of the at least two damping members (142a-142d) are repeated in a rotational or translational manner, and
- the housing (110) is arranged with the opening (111) downwards and wherein the immiscible filling fluid (131) has higher density and lower viscosity than the viscous fluid (130).
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A viscoelastic damper assembly (100) comprising:
- a housing (110) provided with an opening (111) at a first end thereof and provided with a first connection device (120) at a second closed end thereof,
- at least one damping unit (140) having a first end arranged to a second connection device (150) and a second end extending into the housing (110) via the opening (111),
- a resilient sealing means (160) providing an airtight and watertight seal between the at least one damping unit (140) and the housing (110),
- a compensation means (170a, 170b, 171) for compensating interior volume, wherein
- the first and second connection devices (120, 150) connect the viscoelastic damper assembly (100) to a stationary object or structure (410) at one side and to an object or structure (400) to be damped at another side,
- a viscous fluid (130) is accommodated in the housing (110),
- the housing (110) is partly filled with the viscous fluid (130) and partly filled with an immiscible filling fluid (131),
- the at least one damping unit (140) extends at least partly into the viscous fluid (130),
- the at least one damping unit (140) is formed by an elongated body (140a) and at least one damping device (140b) comprising at least two damping members (142a-142d),
- the at least two damping members (142a, 142b) are arranged to each other or to a base structure (143),
- the at least two damping members (142a-142d) are aligned horizontally or vertically,
- geometries of the at least two damping members (142a-142d) are repeated in a rotational or translational manner, and
- the housing (110) is arranged with the opening (111) upwards and wherein the immiscible filling fluid (131) has lower density and lower viscosity than the viscous fluid (130).
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