ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,242, issued on April 21, was assigned to LIEBHERR-AEROSPACE TOULOUSE SAS (Toulouse, France) and INSTITUT SUPERIEUR DE L'AERONAUTIQUE ET DE L'ESPACE (Toulouse, France).
"Vibration absorbing device with a weighted membrane and fluid displacement" was invented by Thomas Roncen (Toulouse, France), Vincent Manet (Toulouse, France) and Guilhem Michon (Toulouse, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Vibration absorbing device comprising a housing (12), a membrane (14) enclosed in the housing (12) and thus forming two chambers (18a, 18b) in the housing (12), said chambers (18a, 18b) being filled with a fluid, at least one weight (16), arran...