Patent ID: 8818625
Filing Date: 2014-08-26
Classification: B60G,F16F,G05D,G06F

Abstract:
1. A damping apparatus for use with a vibrating damping target in order to reduce vibrations of the vibrating damping target, the damping apparatus comprising: an auxiliary mass member; an actuator that has a stator structured to be fixed to the vibration damping target, a movable element, a spring element movably supporting the movable element, a shaft joining the movable element to the auxiliary mass member and being supported by the spring element, and stoppers that limits movable range of the movable element, the actuator vibrates the auxiliary mass member; and a control section that controls a current applied to the actuator in order to suppress the vibrations of the vibration damping target by using a reaction force of the auxiliary mass member when vibrating the auxiliary mass member with the actuator,