Patent ID: 9725154
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: B64C,F16F,G10K

Claim:
1. A conjugate damper for a structural panel, said conjugate damper comprising: a constraining sheet extending in a first direction between a first edge and an opposite second edge, and extending in a second direction transverse to the first direction between a third edge and an opposite fourth edge, wherein at least a portion of each of said first edge and said second edge is directly coupled to a first surface of the structural panel, and said third and fourth edges are not directly coupled to the first surface; and a damping layer coupled between said constraining sheet and the first surface such that when the structural panel is in a compressively deformed state, a thickness of said damping layer in a direction generally normal to the first surface is decreased relative to a baseline state, wherein a second distance between said first edge and said second edge increases when the structural panel is in the compressively deformed state, said damping layer comprises a viscoelastic material.