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Title:
MAGNETICALLY ACTUATED FRICTION DAMPER
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2002048570
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A friction damper (10) a housing (12) including a cavity (17) formed therein; a first member disposed in said cavity and movable in said cavity (17); a second member (60) disposed in said cavity; an intermediate member (40) between the first (50) and second members (60), the first member being in frictional engagement with the intermediate member (40); and at least one magnetic field generator mounted to magnetically couple the first and second members thereby maintaining the first member in frictional engagement with the intermediate member and wherein the first member is movable against the intermediate member to generate a damping force.

Inventors:
CARLSON J DAVID
Application Number:
PCT/US2001/048186
Publication Date:
January 23, 2003
Filing Date:
December 14, 2001
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Assignee:
LORD CORP (US)
International Classes:
F16D63/00; F16F7/08; F16F15/03; (IPC1-7): F16F7/08
Foreign References:
DE3431362A11986-03-06
US5579880A1996-12-03
US4624435A1986-11-25
EP0531917A11993-03-17
Other References:
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 1999, no. 08 30 June 1999 (1999-06-30)
DATABASE WPI Section PQ Week 198705, Derwent World Patents Index; Class Q63, AN 1987-035741, XP002203896
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 017, no. 374 (M - 1445) 14 July 1993 (1993-07-14)
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 017, no. 196 (M - 1397) 16 April 1993 (1993-04-16)
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