Patents by Inventor Daniel Niedermaier

Daniel Niedermaier 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).

  • Self-tuning tunable mass dampers
    Patent number: 9587699
    Abstract: A tunable mass damper incorporates a frame and a voice coil supported in the frame. A magnet concentric with the voice coil is movable relative to the housing via the voice coil. A plurality of flexures having a first end extending from the magnet and an arm releasably coupled to the frame are adjustable to an effective length for a desired frequency of reciprocation of the magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Steven F. Griffin, Daniel Niedermaier
  • SELF-TUNING TUNABLE MASS DAMPERS
    Publication number: 20170058984
    Abstract: A tunable mass damper incorporates a frame and a voice coil supported in the frame. A magnet concentric with the voice coil is movable relative to the housing via the voice coil. A plurality of flexures having a first end extending from the magnet and an arm releasably coupled to the frame are adjustable to an effective length for a desired frequency of reciprocation of the magnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Steven F. Griffin, Daniel Niedermaier