Damping adhesive
AssigneeNewtonoid Technologies, L.L.C.
InventorsFielding B. Staton, David Strumpf
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Abstract
Adhesive damping systems are described. A damping system for reducing the effects on a substrate caused by a disruption in the substrate environment includes an adhesive having a plurality of three-dimensional nanoparticles dispersed therein. The nanoparticles are configured to provide a controlled response to an applied force field. The system further includes a sensor which measures an amplitude and frequency spectrum of the disruption. In a use configuration, the sensor determines the amplitude and frequency spectrum of the disruption received by the substrate; and the applied force field is dependent on the amplitude and frequency spectrum of the disruption.
Claims14
A damping system for reducing the effects on a substrate caused by an encounter with an applied energy, comprising:
- an adhesive comprising a three-dimensional nanoparticle dispersed therein, wherein, in a use configuration, an initial applied energy received by the substrate causes the nanoparticle to compress from a natural expanded state to a compressed state, the three-dimensional structure subsequently returning to its expanded state, thereby imparting an opposing energy on the substrate which is less than the initial applied energy received by the substrate;
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- a sensor for measuring an amplitude and frequency of the applied energy.
A damping system for reducing the effects on a substrate caused by a disruption in the substrate environment, comprising:
- an adhesive comprising a plurality of three-dimensional nanoparticles dispersed therein;
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- a sensor for measuring an amplitude and frequency spectrum of a waveform of the disruption;
- wherein, in a use configuration:
- the sensor determines the amplitude and frequency spectrum of the waveform received by the substrate;
- a force field dependent on the amplitude and frequency spectrum of the waveform is applied to the adhesive;
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- the nanoparticles are physically displaced in response to the applied force field.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.