Patents by Inventor Robert Peter DILLON

Robert Peter DILLON 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).

  • Tunable passive vibration suppressor
    Patent number: 9512894
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for vibration suppression using a granular particle chain. The granular particle chain is statically compressed and the end particles of the chain are attached to a payload and vibration source. The properties of the granular particles along with the amount of static compression are chosen to provide desired filtering of vibrations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Nicholas Boechler, Robert Peter Dillon, Chiara Daraio, Gregory L. Davis, Andrew A. Shapiro, John Paul C. Borgonia, Daniel Louis Kahn
  • TUNABLE PASSIVE VIBRATION SUPPRESSOR
    Publication number: 20140097562
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for vibration suppression using a granular particle chain. The granular particle chain is statically compressed and the end particles of the chain are attached to a payload and vibration source. The properties of the granular particles along with the amount of static compression are chosen to provide desired filtering of vibrations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Inventors: Nicholas BOECHLER, Robert Peter DILLON, Chiara DARAIO, Gregory L. DAVIS, Andrew A. SHAPIRO, John Paul C. BORGONIA, Daniel Louis KAHN