Patents by Inventor Tommy D. Woodall

Tommy D. Woodall 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).

  • Composite slip table of dissimilar materials for damping longitudinal modes
    Patent number: 5024096
    Abstract: A vibration slip table for use in a vibration testing apparatus. The table s comprised of at least three composite layers of material; a first metal layer, a second damping layer, and a third layer having a high acoustic velocity relative to the first layer. The different acoustic velocities between the first and third layers cause relative shear displacements between the layers with the second layer damping the displacements between the first and third layers to reduce the table longitudinal vibration modes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 18, 1991
    Assignee: United States of America as Represented by the Department of Energy
    Inventors: Danny L. Gregory, Tommy G. Priddy, David O. Smallwood, Tommy D. Woodall