Patents by Inventor Raymond R. Bouche

Raymond R. Bouche 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).

  • Apparatus for calibrating transducers
    Patent number: 5033285
    Abstract: An improved shock and vibration isolation mount assembly for use in connection with an apparatus for calibrating transducers. The improved isolation mount assembly substantially eliminates unwanted discontinuities in the sinusoidal wave form of the apparatus resulting from poor alignment of the armature of the apparatus within an air bearing provided in the stator of the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 23, 1991
    Inventor: Raymond R. Bouche
  • Vibration damper for overhead electrical cables
    Patent number: 4259541
    Abstract: An improved multiple-mode damper for damping Aeolian vibrations of electrical cables is provided which employs a single mass and two resilient support members that are respectively connected between separate points of the mass and separate points of the cable. One resilient support member is located at or near the center of the mass and the other at a point remote therefrom. The resilient support members are composed of spring components and elastomer components that act in parallel. The elastomer material has a Shore hardness of at least 30 and a damping coefficient that is at least 10% of the critical value. The stiffness of the elastomer component is at least 10% of the stiffness of the spring and it is preferably greater than that of the spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1979
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1981
    Inventor: Raymond R. Bouche
  • Vibration damper for high voltage cables
    Patent number: 4011397
    Abstract: Improved multiple mode dampers for damping Aeolian vibrations of electrical cables are provided which employ a single mass and two resilient support members that are respectively connected between separate points of the mass and separate points of the cable. The modes of vibration of the damper are made interdependent by utilizing springs having different moments of stiffness with respect to the center of gravity of the mass. The mass is made of concrete. The improvement comprises the use of springs which are independently connected to the cable at different points permitting the spreading of the springs which can be accomplished economically and yet permit an increase of the rotational torque exerted on the damper by the cable. This facilitates concentration of damper vibration resonance frequencies at critical wind speeds which would ordinarily induce great dynamic mechanical stress in electrical cables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1975
    Date of Patent: March 8, 1977
    Inventor: Raymond R. Bouche
  • Cable vibration damper
    Patent number: D243151
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1976
    Date of Patent: January 25, 1977
    Inventor: Raymond R. Bouche