Patents by Inventor Kent D. Kasper

Kent D. Kasper 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).

  • Method for determining damping coefficients
    Patent number: 5410906
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method for determining damping coefficients, the met including the steps of providing a damper assembly including a bar of known parameters, and a viscous damper, wherein a first end of the bar is disposed in the viscous damper while the second end of the bar is free, applying a known force to the second end of the bar in a direction toward the first end of the bar, measuring the response function of the assembly, comprising the ratio of the bar acceleration to the applied force, determining the eigenvalues of the response function, and from the eigenvalues computing the damping coefficient of the damper assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 2, 1995
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Stephen A. Austin, Andrew J. Hull, David A. Hurdis, Kent D. Kasper