Patent ID: 8820492

Claim:
A soft-matrix magnetorheological material vibration isolation system comprising: a first mounting plate having a flat surface; a second mounting plate having a flat surface; a first layer of soft-matrix magnetorheological material having a body that consists of a planar form and having opposing first and second faces, substantially an entire surface of the first face directly connected to the flat surface of the first mounting plate; a second layer of soft-matrix magnetorheological material having a body that consists of a planar form and having opposing first and second faces, substantially an entire surface of the first face directly connected to the second mounting plate; and a first electromagnet having opposing first and second pole faces, the first pole face connected to substantially an entire surface of the second face of the first layer of soft-matrix magnetorheological material, and the second pole face connected to substantially an entire surface of the second face of the second layer of soft-matrix magnetorheological material.