Abstract: According to certain embodiments, a system comprises an outer box and an inner box suspended within the outer box by one or more vibration isolators. The inner box comprises a mounting system adapted to facilitate mounting one or more objects within the inner box.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 7, 2021
Date of Patent:
October 3, 2023
Assignee:
THE SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION FOR THE GEORGIA O'KEEFFE MUSEUM
Inventors:
Dale Paul Kronkright, Robert James White
Abstract: According to certain embodiments, a vibration-isolating system comprises a platform adapted to carry one or more loads and an adjustable load-positioning system. The platform is suspended within a support structure by a plurality of isolators. The isolators are tuned to impede vibrations in a pre-determined frequency range for a payload having a pre-determined mass. The adjustable load-positioning system is adapted to facilitate positioning the one or more loads such that the payload having the pre-determined mass is centered at the center of gravity of the platform.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 27, 2020
Date of Patent:
August 9, 2022
Assignee:
THE SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION FOR THE GEORGIA O'KEEFFE MUSEUM
Inventors:
Dale Paul Kronkright, Alex Padilla, Patricia Witt, Robert Chave, Gregory Bearman, Charles Lee Curtis
Abstract: According to some embodiments, a vibration-isolating system comprises a case, one or more environmental buffers, a platform suspended within the case by a plurality of wire rope isolators, a crumple zone beneath the platform and configured with one or more shock-absorbing structures, and a container assembly configured on the platform. The container assembly is operable to protect a payload comprising a flexible panel. The container assembly comprises a back panel positioned behind the flexible panel and offset by a first substantially airtight compartment, a front panel positioned in front of the flexible panel and offset by a second substantially airtight compartment, and a stiffener panel positioned in front of the front panel and offset by a third substantially airtight compartment.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 2, 2016
Date of Patent:
February 8, 2022
Assignee:
THE SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION FOR THE GEORGIA O'KEEFFE MUSEUM
Inventors:
Dale Kronkright, Robert Chave, Gregory Bearman, Charles Lee Curtis
Abstract: According to certain embodiments, a container assembly for protecting a flexible panel comprises a back panel positioned behind the flexible panel and offset by a first substantially airtight compartment, a front panel positioned in front of the flexible panel and offset by a second substantially airtight compartment, and a stiffener panel positioned in front of the front panel and offset by a third substantially airtight compartment. The front, back, and stiffener panels each comprise one or more rigid materials. Each rigid material has higher natural frequency and lower excursion properties than the flexible panel. The container assembly is tuned using fixed, gas-piston principles to impart the higher natural frequency and lower excursion properties of the rigid materials to the flexible panel such that the natural frequency of the flexible panel increases and the extent to which the flexible panel experiences excursions greater than 350 microns is reduced.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 2, 2016
Date of Patent:
April 10, 2018
Assignee:
The Supporting Organization For the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
Inventors:
Dale Kronkright, Robert Chave, Gregory Bearman