Patent ID: 11931663
Assignee: TAIT TOWERS MANUFACTURING, LLC
Field: Mechanical elements (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  F | IPC A  F

Claim 11:
12. A ride system comprising:
a mechanical arrangement to control the motion of a load, the load including at least one passenger;
the automated damping system arranged and disposed to provide customized damping to the load, the automated damping system comprising:
a damping device arranged and disposed to provide variable resistance to the load, the variable resistance providing resistance values corresponding to a displacement position of the damping device;
a suspension system for suspending the load, the suspension system including a plurality of cables suspending the load;
a damping profile generator that calculates a damping profile; and
a sensor arranged and disposed to measure one or more damping affecting properties and providing the one or more damping affecting properties to the damping profile generator, the sensor comprising a mass measuring device;
wherein the damping profile provides the variable resistance based upon the one or more damping affecting properties of the load.