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US 2021/0228218 A1Published application
Method And Apparatus To Select Vibration
AssigneeMedtronic Xomed, Inc.
InventorsBret HAUSER, Thaddeus S. MILBURN
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Abstract
Disclosed is an assembly for holding a tool. The assembly may selectively reduce and/or eliminate vibrations received and felt by a user. Reducing vibrations may reduce or eliminate chatter at a working end of a tool.
Claims20
An assembly for holding a tool, comprising:
- an attachment base configured to be operably coupled to a motor housing assembly;
- an attachment tube extending from a first terminal end to a second terminal end;
- a first damping member positioned between the attachment base and at least a portion of the attachment tube;
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- a second damping member positioned between the attachment base and at least a portion of the attachment tube;
- wherein the attachment tube is coupled to the attachment base at the first terminal end;
- wherein the second terminal end of the attachment tube extends from the attachment base;
- wherein the first and second damping members provide a vibration reduction feature.
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An assembly for holding a tool, comprising:
- an attachment base having a motor housing connection configured to be operably coupled to a motor housing;
- an attachment tube extending from a first terminal end to a second terminal end, the attachment tube having a vibration reduction feature formed by at least a selected thickness of a wall of the attachment tube positioned between the first terminal end and a second terminal end;
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- a plurality of damping members positioned between the attachment base and at least a portion of the attachment tube;
- wherein the attachment tube is coupled to the attachment base at an attachment base connection near the first terminal end;
- wherein the second terminal end of the attachment tube extends from the attachment base;
- wherein the first and second damping members provide a vibration reduction feature.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.