Patents Assigned to THE UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK
  • Patent number: 12017805
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to deployable structures, to methods and apparatus for deployment of deployable structures, and to associated manufacturing methods. Such deployable structures suitably comprise components for space structures, such supports for solar arrays, antennas or other similar systems. The deployable structure (500) comprises a first lattice (514) arrangeable in a stowed configuration and a deployed configuration. The deployable structure also comprises a second lattice (516) arrangeable in a stowed configuration and a deployed configuration, wherein with the lattices arranged in the stowed configuration the second lattice (516) nests in the first lattice (514).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: THE UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK
    Inventors: CiarĂ¡n Mchale, Paul Weaver, Robert Telford
  • Patent number: 11897234
    Abstract: An article for damping vibrations by constrained layer damping comprising: a first constraining layer; a second constraining layer; and a damping layer disposed between the first and second constraining layers, wherein the first and second constraining layers each independently comprise a fibre-reinforced composite material, wherein the first and second constraining layers each independently have a thickness from 1.5 to 5 mm, wherein the damping layer comprises a viscoelastic material, wherein the damping layer has a thickness from 1 to 10 mm and wherein the article has a thickness from 6 to 50 mm. The invention also relates to the use of said article for damping vibrations in a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: THE UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK
    Inventors: Souvik Chakraborty, Mark Simms, Ioannis Manolakis, Ananda Roy