Piezoelectric damping mechanism
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1. A vibration damping device comprising:
- an evacuated housing containing said damping device,a support,a vibrating beam cantileveredly mounted on said support said beam being activated due to acceleration forces acting thereon,a piezoelectric block mounted at one end to the free end of said vibrating beam and at the other end to said support for generating a source of current resulting from strain forces acting upon it due to the vibration of said vibrating beam, andmeans in electrical series with said piezoelectric block for dissipating the energy released by said piezoelectric beam whereby the acceleration forces acting on said vibrating beam is effectively damped.
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Abstract
A damping mechanism suitable for use with a vibrating beam accelerometer comprising a piezoelectric block mounted between the vibrating beam force transducer and the pendulum of the instrument. The proof mass, or pendulum, is mounted for pendulous motion about a pair of hinge means. Vibration of the instrument causes opposite charges to appear on electrodes which are on two opposite faces of the block. These charged electrodes are connected to each other by a resistor and so a current will flow through the resistance to neutralize the charge. The resistor will then dissipate the vibration energy as heat. This energy dissipation is effectively damping.
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12 Claims
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1. A vibration damping device comprising:
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an evacuated housing containing said damping device, a support, a vibrating beam cantileveredly mounted on said support said beam being activated due to acceleration forces acting thereon, a piezoelectric block mounted at one end to the free end of said vibrating beam and at the other end to said support for generating a source of current resulting from strain forces acting upon it due to the vibration of said vibrating beam, and means in electrical series with said piezoelectric block for dissipating the energy released by said piezoelectric beam whereby the acceleration forces acting on said vibrating beam is effectively damped. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A vibration damping device for a vibrating beam accelerometer comprising:
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an evacuated housing containing said damping device, a support, an elongated vibrating beam cantileveredly mounted on said support said beam being forced into vibration by acceleration forces acting transversely to the long dimension of said beam, a proof mass cantileveredly mounted on said support and moveable in a plane orthogonal to the plane of said forces acting on said vibrating beam, a piezoelectric block mounted to the free ends of said proof mass and said vibrating beam said piezoelectric block being loaded in tension compression relative to said vibrating beam and generating an electric current resulting from strain forces acting upon it due to the motion of said vibrating beam, first and second electrodes mounted on opposite sides of said piezoelectric block and in electrical circuit with said piezoelectric block, and a resistor mounted exteriorly of said housing and in electrical series with said electrodes whereby the electric current generated by said piezoelectric block is dissipated through said resistor dampening the vibrations of said vibrating beam. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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12. A vibration damping device comprising:
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an evacuated housing containing said damping device, a support, a vibrating beam cantileveredly mounted on said support said beam being activated due to acceleration forces acting thereon, a proof mass cantileveredly mounted to said support and moveable in a plane orthogonal to said vibrating beam, a piezoelectric block mounted to the free ends of said proof mass and said vibrating beam for generating a source of current resulting from strain forces acting upon at due to the vibration of said vibrating beam, and means in electrical series with said piezoelectric block for dissipating energy released by said piezoelectric beam whereby the acceleration forces acting on said vibrating beam is effectively damped.
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