Patents Assigned to CSA Engineering
  • Patent number: 6202961
    Abstract: A passive, multi-axis, highly damped, shock load isolation mount which can serve as a complete one-piece mount, particularly of a spacecraft to its launch vehicle or launch vehicle adaptor structure, or can serve in multiplicity as necessary to provide a complete shock load isolation mounting system. When used as a one-piece mount or used in multitude as a system, the invention provides substantial reduction in the shock load transmission to a payload from its support base for both axial loads and lateral loads. The unique multi-layered, opposed beam, contorted load path flexure design combined with a shear wall type constrained layer damping treatment provides substantial shock load isolation in a durable, reliable, lightweight, and compact form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Assignee: CSA Engineering
    Inventors: Paul S. Wilke, Conor D. Johnson, Scott C. Pendleton