Patent ID: 6161664
Filing Date: 2000-12-19
Classification: F16B,F16F

Abstract:
A fixing arrangement with damping for fixing a device to be protected from vibration, the device which includes at least one ""mounting"" portion via which the device is fixed to a portion of a support by a nut-and-bolt fastening mechanism, said arrangement comprising:a plurality of piezoelectric elements, each of which has its electrodes electrically shunted by either one of an individual and a shared impedance of determined structure, with at least one of the piezoelectric elements being used in bending and being interposed at a nut end of said nut-and-bolt fastening mechanism directly between a portion of the support and a mounting portion of determined dimensions, of the device to be protected, and at least another one of the piezoelectric elements being used in compression and being interposed between a bolt end of said nut-and-bolt fastening mechanism and the support portion.