Vibration isolation pallet

• US 10,059,487 B2
• Filed: 11/28/2017
• Issued: 08/28/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Solee Technology Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Solee Science & Technology U.S.A
• Inventors: Sun, Lijun, Zhang, Qin
• Primary Examiner(s): Chen, Jose V
• Application Number:
  US15/824,451
• Publication Number:
  US 20180170614A1
• Time in Patent Office: 273 Days
• Field of Search: 108 5712, 108 5111, 248560, 248562, 248565, 248638
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 19/0012 forming a continuous plane contact surface
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 19/38 Details or accessories
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2519/00273 made of more than one piece
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2519/00288 made of one piece
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2519/00318 made of one piece
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2519/00363 grid type, e.g. perforated plate
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2519/00786 for lifting, e.g. hooks, loops
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 81/02 specially adapted to protect contents from mechanical damage containers of polygonal cross-section provided with internal protecting elements for contents B65D5/50; devices to locate articles in containers B65D25/10
• CPC Class Codes: F16F 1/374 having a spherical or the like shape
• CPC Class Codes: F16F 15/022 using dampers and springs in combination
• CPC Class Codes: F16F 15/08 with rubber springs grommet- or bushing-type resilient mountings F16F1/3732, F16F1/38; with springs made of rubber and metal arrangement of internal-combustion or jet-propulsion units B60K5/12; mounting of propulsion plants on vessels B63H21/30; mounting of vehicle drivers' cabs B62D33/0604

Abstract

The present disclosure is directed to a vibration isolation pallet, comprising a support platform and a vibration isolation component arranged on top. The vibration isolation component further comprises a top and a bottom supporting plate with a plurality of spherical dampers and support columns strategically disposed in between. The edges of the top and bottom supporting plates are reinforced together with rubber damping pieces at various locations. The vibration isolation component can be detached from the support platform and functions independently. The pallet as whole can be serviced and maintained for repeated use.

Claims

1. A vibration isolation pallet comprising a support platform and a vibration isolation component disposed on top, wherein the vibration isolation component further comprising:

a top supporting plate;

a bottom supporting plate;

a plurality of spherical dampers distributed and secured in between the top and bottom supporting plates;

a plurality of protection columns secured to a bottom panel of the top supporting plate, wherein a height of the protection columns is set to be greater than a height of the spherical damper in its maximally compressed state, and less than a height of the spherical damper in its fully relaxed state; and

a plurality of damping pieces securing a section of an edge of the top supporting plate to a corresponding section of an edge of the bottom supporting plates at a plurality of locations.

2. A vibration isolation pallet of claim 1, wherein the damping pieces are made of rubber.

3. A vibration isolation pallet of claim 1, wherein the top and the bottom supporting plates further comprising a plurality of hooks secured along their edges.

4. A vibration isolation pallet of claim 1, wherein the top and the bottom supporting plates are composite plates further comprising a top panel, a cellular panel and a bottom panel laminated onto one another in sequence with edging material wrapped around and fastened together.

5. A vibration isolation pallet of claim 1, wherein the spherical damper further comprising four to eight equal length arc-shaped flexible pieces connected at a first end and a second end, forming an axis passing through its center, and the first and second ends are further secured onto the top and the bottom supporting plates.

6. A vibration isolation pallet of claim 1, wherein the spherical damper further comprising two to four equal sized flexible rings connected at corresponding first and second ends forming an axis passing through its center, and the first and second ends are further secured onto the top and the bottom supporting plates.

7. A vibration isolation pallet of claim 1, wherein a number of spherical dampers needed between the top and the bottom supporting plates is determined in proportion to surface area of the two plates.

8. A vibration isolation pallet of claim 1, wherein the spherical dampers are uniformly distributed at locations between the top and the bottom supporting plates.

9. A vibration isolation pallet of claim 1, wherein the support platform is made of plastic.

10. A vibration isolation pallet of claim 1, wherein the vibration isolation component is detached from the support platform and functions independently.