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Shock, vibration and acoustic isolation system

  • US 6,923,298 B2
  • Filed: 05/20/2004
  • Issued: 08/02/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A shock and vibration isolation system for mounting equipment to a base wall, the system comprising:

  • a load plate configured for attachment of the equipment thereto;

    a base plate configured for attachment to the base wall;

    the base plate being substantially parallel to the load plate;

    a spring arrangement disposed intermediate the load plate and the base plate, the spring arrangement engaging the load plate and the base plate to bias the load plate and the base plate in a separated relationship;

    at least one semi-active damper operatively connected to the load plate and the base plate for providing a selectively variable reaction force to the load plate and the base plate responsive to a relative displacement of the load plate with respect to the base plate; and

    an adaptive damper controller operatively connected to the at least one semi-active damper for controlling the reaction force applied to the load plate and the base plate, the damper controller including an optimum damper force determination module programmed for calculating an optimum reaction force FOpt using the equation
    FOpt=G1XRel+G2 VRel

    where XRel is the relative displacement between the load plate and the base plate, VRel is the velocity of the load plate relative to base plate, G1 is a first gain value and G2 is a second gain value, the optimum damper force determining module being further programmed for calculating the first and second gain values based on an optimizable cost function.

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