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US 6,364,078 B1Granted
Wheel damping
AssigneeBose Corporation
InventorsJams A. Parison, Lawrence D. Knox
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Abstract
A wheel assembly for a vehicle. The wheel assembly includes a brake assembly which defines the outer radius of an annular region about the axis of the wheel assembly and a damping mass assembly for damping vertical vibrations of the wheel assembly, located within the annular region.
Claims18
A wheel assembly for a vehicle, comprising:
- a wheel axle;
- a brake assembly, defining the outer radius of an annular region about said axle;
- a damping mass assembly for damping vertical vibrations of said wheel assembly, said damping mass assembly located within said annular region.
A wheel assembly for a vehicle, comprising:
- a wheel axis;
- an annular region about said axis;
- a brake assembly in said annular region;
- a damping mass assembly for damping vertical vibrations of said wheel assembly, said damping mass assembly located within said annular region, said damping mass assembly comprising
- a damping mass;
- a damping mass vertical positioning assembly for positioning said damping mass, said vertical positioning assembly comprising
- a shaft, for causing said vertical vibrations of said wheel assembly to be translated to vertical, non-rotative movement of said damping mass;
- a first spring, for opposing in a first direction said vertical motion of said damping mass.
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