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Coupling beam eddy current damper with shear displacement amplification

US11754140B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 20, 2019
Grant dateSep 12, 2023
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Expiry dateJul 14, 2041

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  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16F2236/10
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The present invention discloses a coupling beam eddy current damper with shear displacement amplification. The coupling beam eddy current damper with shear displacement amplification comprises a rigid rod, rotating shafts, a pin column, pins, levers, screws, thread sleeves, copper sheets, permanent magnet components, a steel structural component, balls, ball supports and an outer shell. When vibration occurs, coupling beams on both sides of the damper are relatively vertically displaced; at this moment, two levers move up and down relative to the rigid rod; the movement causes the screws and the copper sheets to rotate; the copper sheets rotate in a magnetic field, then induced electromotive force will generates inside the magnetic field, thereby generating eddy current in the copper sheets. The eddy current effect will produce a damping force that impedes the rotation of the copper sheets.

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