A core material for a shock insulation support, comprising, in parts by weight: steel shot of 150-300 parts, zirconia particles of 50-150 parts and rubber particles of 50-100 parts. Further provided are a shock insulation support comprising the core material, and a preparation method for the shock insulation support. The core material for a shock insulation support, and the shock insulation support dissipates earthquake energy by means of a dry friction energy dissipation mechanism, having high damping and excellent shock insulation performance.

A dynamic balancing apparatus includes a dynamic balancing assembly and a plurality of damping particles. The dynamic balancing assembly includes at least two structural members separately arranged on a rotating shaft connected to a rotor, wherein each structural member includes at least one recess portion. The plurality of damping particles are introduced into at least one recess portion of each structural member, such that a centroid of each structural member deviates from the axis. Accordingly, each structural member generates inertial force and moment of inertia as rotation of the rotor to offset another inertial force and moment of inertia generated by centroid deviation of the rotor while rotating to achieve dynamic balance. The plurality of damping particles can move in the recess portion as rotation of the rotor to induce friction and collision so as to achieve the effects of vibration reduction and noise reduction.

The present invention provides a method and apparatus for energy absorption and vibrational dampening in a horizontal plane. According to a first preferred embodiment, the present invention discloses an apparatus for damping vibration of a pole which includes a housing with a horizontal floor having an inward curved surface for achieving vibration attenuation at a middle portion thereof to form an enclosed chamber. According to a further aspect of the first embodiment, at least one damping weight is preferably disposed in the inward curved surface and is preferably substantially spherical in shape. According to a further preferred embodiment, at least one dampening weight of the present may preferably include a hollow, inner cavity. According to further aspects of the present invention, the dampening weight preferably may further include a granular material located within the inner cavity.

Provided is a damper that exerts a damping force with a simple structure using elastically deformable granular bodies.

The damper includes a cylinder, a piston, a rod, a rod guide, and a plurality of granular bodies. The piston is housed in the cylinder and reciprocates in the central axis direction of the cylinder. The rod is connected to the piston. The rod extends in the central axis direction of the cylinder and protrudes to an outside from an open end side of the cylinder. The rod guide is fixed to the open end of the cylinder. The rod guide has a through hole which penetrates in the central axis direction of the cylinder and through which the rod is reciprocably inserted. The granular bodies are elastic bodies each having a spherical shape. The granular bodies are filled in the cylinder.

There is provided a technology for imparting attenuation while maintaining rigidity of a support member that reduces vibration of a sample stage when disturbance such as an environmental sound is applied to a device and vibrates the sample stage. A charged particle beam device according to the present disclosure includes a sample stage that can move a sample, an attenuation unit that attenuates vibration of the sample stage, and a sample chamber that stores the sample stage and the attenuation unit. In the charged particle beam device, the sample stage and the attenuation unit are disposed so as to be horizontal to each other. Also, the sample stage is configured to be supported so as to be sandwiched between the attenuation unit and a first side surface of a casing, and the inside of the casing of the attenuation unit is filled with a plural number of friction bodies.

Devices (1, 2), systems, and methods for reducing vibration levels of a structure over a broad range of frequencies have one or more chambers (112) that are configured to be coupled to a vibrating structure and a plurality of particles that partially fill each of the one or more chambers (112), where the plurality of particles includes a mixture of two or more types of particles of substantially differing sizes.

An apparatus and system for attaining maximum unidirectional response to vibration damping of a printed circuit board (PCB) or other planar surface utilizing a defined travel displacement of a single tungsten (or other material) cylindrical rod in a single or plurality of sealed cylindrical chambers in a particle impact damper (PID). The single tungsten (or other material) cylindrical rod is not weighed down, constrained, encumbered within the chamber; accordingly, providing unrestricted freedom for the cylinder to quickly respond in a unidirectional direction at the first occurrence of excessive vibrational acceleration over 1G. The structure of a single cylindrical particle within a sealed cylindrical chamber also provides a path of minimum distance for the cylinder to travel before colliding with the ceiling or floor of the PID chamber. A plurality of cylindrical chambers can be arranged in a variety of patterns within the PID housing such as desired. The PID housing can be any shape such as a cube, a rectangular cuboid, a cylinder, sphere, triangular tetrahedron, triangular prism, polygon, toroid or any combination of shapes.

In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a particle damper for damping a component when the particle damper is attached to the component. The particle damper comprises a plurality of pockets configured to hold a plurality of particles, and the particle damper also comprises an attachment fitting for coupling the particle damper to the component.

An assembly for damping the movement of a vibrating body includes an energy dissipating material, a vessel, and a seal. The energy dissipating material may include one or more types of loose particles. The loose particles may include similar and/or dissimilar materials or a mixture thereof. The loose particles may at least partially fill the vessel. The vessel may be configured to conform to requirements of an environment of the vibrating body and to retain and/or store the loose particles. The seal may include a molded material, a plate, and/or a flange. In an embodiment, the plate may be at least partially encompassed within the seal, and the seal, plate, and/or flange may be configured to engage the vessel and/or to retain the loose particles within the vessel.

An apparatus and system for attaining maximum unidirectional response to vibration damping of a printed circuit board (PCB) or other planar surface utilizing a defined travel displacement of a single tungsten (or other material) cylindrical rod in a single or plurality of sealed cylindrical chambers in a particle impact damper (PID). The single tungsten (or other material) cylindrical rod is not weighed down, constrained, encumbered within the chamber; accordingly, providing unrestricted freedom for the cylinder to quickly respond in a unidirectional direction at the first occurrence of excessive vibrational acceleration over 1G. The structure of a single cylindrical particle within a sealed cylindrical chamber also provides a path of minimum distance for the cylinder to travel before colliding with the ceiling or floor of the PID chamber. A plurality of cylindrical chambers can be arranged in a variety of patterns within the PID housing such as desired. The PID housing can be any shape such as a cube, a rectangular cuboid, a cylinder, sphere, triangular tetrahedron, triangular prism, polygon, toroid or any combination of shapes.