Patents by Inventor Gordon E. Whelpley

Gordon E. Whelpley has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5374025
    Abstract: A vibration cancellation system having a fluidic driver providing fluid pressure differential and flow to an actuator having a reaction mass. The pressure differential drives the reaction mass so that the actuator's oscillations cancel any vibrations emanating from a vibrating structure mounted thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 20, 1994
    Assignee: AlliedSignal Inc.
    Inventors: Gordon E. Whelpley, John F. Thurston
  • Patent number: 5127622
    Abstract: A vibration cancellation mount for use in a vibration cancellation system is provided that includes a fluidic driver providing a modulated air stream to an elastomeric air spring. The pressure of the air stream is caused to fluctuate by an acoustical cancelling signal generated by an electroacoustic transducer electrically coupled to cancellation controller. As this pressure varies the air spring is filled and vented so that it responds at the same frequency and phase as the cancellation signal and thereby cancels the vibrations emanating from a vibrating structure mounted thereto. By employing a fluidic driver, the vibration cancellation mount is not frequency limited and can cancel vibrations having frequencies anywhere in the audio frequency spectrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1991
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1992
    Assignee: Allied-Signal Inc.
    Inventors: Gordon E. Whelpley, John F. Thurston