Active suspension for a marine platform
US7039512B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 6, 2003 |
| Grant date | May 2, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 6, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB63B39/005
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An active suspension system is used to control the motion of a passenger seat in a high speed watercraft. A forward looking wave sensor is used in connection with a feed-forward wave impact shock predictor to determine characteristics of impending dynamic forces applied via the impact of the watercraft on waves. Information concerning the impending dynamic forces is used by a passenger seat suspension and control system to attenuate the shock effects on passengers, where such effects are characterized by large-amplitude, short-duration accelerations recurring at a low frequency and/or irregularly.
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