Aeronautics and astronautics – Aircraft structure – Details
Patent
1996-01-23
1998-09-08
Grant, William
Aeronautics and astronautics
Aircraft structure
Details
2441296, 2441372, 188267, 310106, B64C 124
Patent
active
058034048
ABSTRACT:
The damper is comprised of a set of core rotor magnets arranged in an opposing north/south configuration. A conducting material cylindrically encircles the rotor magnets. A set of stator magnets laterally encircle the conducting material and are arranged in the same manner as the rotor magnets. A system of gears are coupled to the damper shaft and control the rotation of the rotor magnets such that they can be positioned relative to the stator magnets to set up the desired damping torque. As the rotor and stator magnets of opposite polarity approach each other, the eddy-current in the rotating conducting material increases causing the conducting material to generate a field in response to the eddy-current. The damping torque is caused by the magnetic force generated when the induced field in the material and the stator/rotor field attempt to line up.
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Hielkema Jerry D.
Petrou Anton A.
Scott Craig H.
Warner Stephen B.
Grant William
MPC Products, Inc.
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