Vibration isolation for rotating machines
AssigneeToyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
InventorsUmesh N. Gandhi, Paul A. Gilmore, Ryohei Tsuruta, Brian J. Pinkelman
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Abstract
A rotating machine system can include a rotating machine. The rotating machine system can include a housing. The housing can include an inner surface. The housing can surround at least a portion of the rotating machine. The inner surface of the housing can be spaced from the rotating machine such that a space is defined therebetween. The rotating machine system can include one or more super elastic wires. The one or more super elastic wires can be positioned in the space and can be operatively connected to the rotating machine and the inner surface of the housing. The one or more super elastic wires can reduce vibration within the rotating machine system.
Claims20
A rotating machine system comprising:
- a rotating machine;
- a housing including an inner surface, the housing surrounding at least a portion of the rotating machine, the inner surface of the housing being spaced from the rotating machine such that a space is defined therebetween;
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- one or more super elastic wires being positioned in the space and being operatively connected to the rotating machine and to the inner surface of the housing.
A rotating machine system, comprising:
- a rotating machine;
- a housing including an inner surface, the housing surrounding at least a portion of the rotating machine, the inner surface of the housing being spaced from the rotating machine such that a space is defined therebetween;
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- one or more super elastic wires being positioned in the space and being operatively connected in tension to the rotating machine and to the inner surface of the housing and being stretched to a quasi-zero stiffness regime.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.