Patents by Inventor Hesham Tanbour

Hesham Tanbour 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).

  • Asymmetric aeolian vibration damper
    Patent number: 10193319
    Abstract: An asymmetric Stockbridge damper having at least six and as many as ten resonant frequencies. The damper includes two assemblies, each having a primary weight at the end of a messenger cable and two secondary weights at the ends of thin beams. The thin beams are mounted at one end to the primary weight and each support a secondary weight at an opposite end. The thin beams extend parallel to the messenger cable. The messenger cable is affixed to a clamp assembly which clamps to an overhead transmission line. The clamp assembly includes a toggle crank generating a theoretically infinite clamping force on the transmission line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Central Michigan University
    Inventors: Oumar Rafiou Barry, Emadeddin Y. Tanbour, Nitish Kumar Vaja, Hesham Tanbour
  • ASYMMETRIC AEOLIAN VIBRATION DAMPER
    Publication number: 20180316172
    Abstract: An asymmetric Stockbridge damper having at least six and as many as ten resonant frequencies. The damper includes two assemblies, each having a primary weight at the end of a messenger cable and two secondary weights at the ends of thin beams. The thin beams are mounted at one end to the primary weight and each support a secondary weight at an opposite end. The thin beams extend parallel to the messenger cable. The messenger cable is affixed to a clamp assembly which clamps to an overhead transmission line. The clamp assembly includes a toggle crank generating a theoretically infinite clamping force on the transmission line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: Oumar Rafiou Barry, Emadeddin Y. Tanbour, Nitish Kumar Vaja, Hesham Tanbour
  • Asymmetric Aeolian vibration damper
    Patent number: 9948081
    Abstract: An asymmetric Stockbridge damper having at least six and as many as ten resonant frequencies. The damper includes two assemblies, each having a primary weight at the end of a messenger cable and two secondary weights at the ends of thin beams. The thin beams are mounted at one end to the primary weight and each support a secondary weight at an opposite end. The thin beams extend parallel to the messenger cable. The messenger cable is affixed to a clamp assembly which clamps to an overhead transmission line. The clamp assembly includes a toggle crank generating a theoretically infinite clamping force on the transmission line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Oumar Rafiou Barry, Emadeddin Y. Tanbour, Nitish Kumar Vaja, Hesham Tanbour