Appeal No. 2002-0283
Application 09/328,918
APPENDIX
12. An apparatus for confining vibrational energy in a
structure having a vibrating member, the vibrating member having
vibration boundary conditions at boundaries thereof, said
vibrating member further having a vibration confinement region
selected relative to said boundaries, the apparatus comprising:
a vibration confinement device coupled to said member,
and having an effective translational spring constant and an
effective torsional spring constant, to confine vibrational
energy to the vibration confinement region of the structure.
17. An apparatus for actively confining vibrational energy
in a structure having a vibrating member structure, said
vibrating member having vibration boundary conditions at
boundaries thereof, said vibrating member further having and
[sic] a vibration confinement region selected relative to said
boundaries, the apparatus comprising:
an active vibration confinement device coupled at a
location to said member, and having an effective
translational spring constant and an effective torsional
spring constant, to confine vibrational energy to the
vibration confinement region of the structure;
a vibration detector disposed on said vibrating member
to generate a vibration signal;
a controller to receive the vibration signal and
generate a confinement device control signal in response
thereto, said confinement device control signal being
transmitted to said active vibration confinement device to
control at least one of said effective translational spring
constant, said effective torsional spring constant and said
selected location.
22. An apparatus for actively confining vibrational energy
in a structure having a vibrating member structure, the vibrating
member having vibration boundary conditions at boundaries
thereof, the vibrating member further having and [sic] a
vibration confinement region selected relative to the boundaries,
the apparatus comprising:
an active vibration confinement device couplable at a
location to the member and having an effective translational
spring constant and an effective torsional spring constant,
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