US Patent Issued to Damptech on Feb. 17 for "Damper and damper system for damping relative lateral movement between a tensioned cable and a support structure" (Danish Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,198, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Damptech A/S (Lyngby, Denmark).

"Damper and damper system for damping relative lateral movement between a tensioned cable and a support structure" was invented by Imad H. Mualla (Copenhagen NV, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A passive damper for damping relative lateral movement between a tensioned cable or other oblong member and a support structure includes a first fixture element rigidly connected to the cable or other oblong member, a second fixture element rigidly connected to the support structure, and at least one rotational damping device arranged between the first and second fi...