Universal vibration damper
OwnerPaul J. Wakeen, Larry W. Jacobyinventors
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Abstract
A device for the control of vibrations comprises a retainer resting on a base and a plurality of bearings disposed within the retainer. The bearings are arranged in a first layer and a second layer. The second layer is disposed on the first layer. The first layer comprises three or more bearings and the second layer comprising one or more bearings. Each bearing in the first layer is constrained on its bottom only by a substantially flat portion of the base, on its side by the retainer and is in contact with at least two adjacent bearings in the first layer. The bearings in the first layer support the bearing in the second layer. The retainer has a surface which is in substantially tangential contact with the bearings in the first layer.
Claims39
A device for the control of vibrations comprising:
- a retainer, the retainer constructed and arranged to rest upon a base, at least a portion of the base defining a substantially flat surface;
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- a plurality of bearings disposed within the retainer, the bearings arranged in a first layer and a second layer, the second layer disposed on the first layer, the first layer comprising three or more bearings, and the second layer comprising at least one bearing, each bearing in the first layer constrained on its bottom by only the substantially flat surface of the base, on its side by the retainer, the bearings in the first layer supporting the at least one bearing in the second layer, the retainer defining a surface which is in substantially tangential contact with the bearings in the first layer.
A vibration sensitive device comprising a plurality of supports, each support comprising a retainer resting on a base and a plurality of bearings disposed within the retainer and arranged in a first layer and a second layer, the second layer disposed on the first layer, the first layer comprising three or more bearings, the second layer comprising a bearing, the retainer having a surface which is in substantially tangential contact with the bearings in the first layer, the bearings in the first layer supporting the bearing in the second layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.