Patent ID: 8444121
Filing Date: 2013-05-21
Classification: F16F

Abstract:
1. A system for damping vibrations from a payload, the system comprising: a plurality of isolation struts, each isolation strut of the plurality of isolation struts comprising: a single gas line comprising tubing or piping sealingly coupled to each isolation strut of the plurality of isolation struts with a plurality of gas line connectors, each gas line connector of the plurality of gas line connectors sealingly coupling a respective isolation strut of the plurality of isolation struts to the single gas line so that the gas line is in fluid communication with the gas outlet of each respective isolation strut of the plurality of isolation struts, each gas line connector of the plurality of gas line connectors being coupled, at each isolation strut of the plurality of isolation struts, to an outer flange of the piston that extends radially outward relative to the gas outlet, thereby preventing relative movement between the gas line connector and the gas outlet; a single mounting structure to which the single gas line is mounted; and a plurality of strut brackets mounted to the single mounting structure and having each isolation strut of the plurality of isolation struts mounted thereto, wherein each gas line connector of the plurality of gas line connects mounts each isolation strut of the plurality of isolation struts to each strut bracket of the plurality of strut brackets; wherein the system is hermetically sealed to contain a gas therein.