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Hybrid active-passive noise and vibration control system for aircraft

US5845236A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 16, 1996
Grant dateDec 1, 1998
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Expiry dateOct 16, 2016

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG10K2210/509
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A hybrid active-passive system (20) for reducing noise within a passenger compartment and vibration of a fuselage of a vehicle, such as an aircraft (turboprop, turbofan, or helicopter). The hybrid active-passive system (20) includes, in combination: an active acoustic producer such as a loudspeaker (35), Active Vibration Absorber (AVA) (34), or active absorber assembly (39) for producing antinoise within the compartment (42), and a passive resonant device, such as a passive Tuned Vibration Absorber (TVA) (36), or passive TVA assembly (37) for controlling vibration of the fuselage or structural supports interconnecting the disturbance source (e.g. power plants (26), propellers (28a), gearbox (57), main rotor (28m), tail rotor (28t)) and the fuselage wall (25).

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