Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Rotational inerter and method for damping an actuator
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Application No.: US15159706Application Date: 2016-05-19
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Publication No.: US10088006B2Publication Date: 2018-10-02
- Inventor: Michael T. Fox , Jeffrey M. Roach
- Applicant: The Boeing Company
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Main IPC: B64C9/00
- IPC: B64C9/00 ; F16F7/10 ; F16F15/02 ; B64C13/40 ; F15B15/02

Abstract:
An apparatus for damping an actuator includes an inerter. The inerter includes a first terminal and a second terminal movable relative to one another along an inerter axis and configured to be mutually exclusively coupled to a support structure and a movable device actuated by an actuator. The inerter further includes a rod coupled to and movable with the first terminal and a threaded shaft coupled to and movable with the second terminal. The inerter further includes a flywheel having a flywheel annulus coupled to one of the rod and the threaded shaft. The flywheel is configured to rotate in proportion to axial acceleration of the rod relative to the threaded shaft in correspondence with actuation of the movable device by the actuator.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170335916A1 ROTATIONAL INERTER AND METHOD FOR DAMPING AN ACTUATOR Public/Granted day:2017-11-23
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