Metal Isolator with Tunable Resonant Frequencies

A system for isolating a device from a support structure, comprising:

• an input structure subjectable to at least one of shock or vibration energy;
• an object to be isolated from the at least one of shock or vibration energy from the input structure;
• an isolator device isolating the object from the input structure, the isolator device comprising:
• a first mount coupled to the input structure;
• a second mount coupled to the object, the first and second mounts defining a normal axis of the isolator device;
• and
• a flexure structure coupled between the first and second mounts, the flexure structure comprising at least one radial flexure defining an isolation path between the first and second mounts, the at least one radial flexure comprising a plurality of transition portions, the at least one radial flexure tuned to a predetermined radial resonant frequency,
• wherein the radial flexure structure is operable to attenuate the at least one of shock or vibration energy transferrable from the input structure in at least one radial direction relative to the normal axis.

A method for making an isolator device tuned to a predetermined resonant frequency to isolate an object from an input structure, comprising:

• determining a resonant frequency associated with an object to be isolated from at least one of shock or vibration energy from an input structure by an isolator device;
• selecting a metallic material that forms the isolator device based on the determined resonant frequency;
• forming a first mount coupleable to the input structure, and forming a second mount coupleable to the object, the first and second mounts forming a portion of the isolator device;
• and
• forming at least one radial flexure of a flexure structure of the isolator device between the first and second mounts to form the isolator device, the radial flexure operable to attenuate the at least one of shock or vibration energy transferrable from the input structure.