Adhesive damping systems are described. A damping system for reducing the effects on a substrate caused by a disruption in the substrate environment includes an adhesive having a plurality of three-dimensional nanoparticles dispersed therein. The nanoparticles are configured to provide a controlled response to an applied force field. The system further includes a sensor which measures an amplitude and frequency spectrum of the disruption. In a use configuration, the sensor determines the amplitude and frequency spectrum of the disruption received by the substrate; and the applied force field is dependent on the amplitude and frequency spectrum of the disruption.

A method and an apparatus for isolating a vibration of a positioning device are provided. The apparatus includes a base plate for the positioning device, at least one active bearing element for bearing the base plate on/at a foundation and at least one evaluation and control device. The apparatus includes at least one means for determining a foundation movement-dependent quantity, wherein the active bearing element is controllable by the at least one control and evaluation device on the basis of the foundation movement-dependent quantity.

A pseudo feature for a suspension and method of manufacture are described. The pseudo feature for a suspension includes a first constraining layer; a second constraining layer; and a damping layer arranged between the first constraining layer and the second constraining layer.

An example cantilever assembly includes a cantilever including an anchor configured to be coupled to a support, a tip, and an arm positioned between the anchor and the tip, a hollow conductive tube positioned at the tip of the cantilever, and a magnet suspended inside the hollow conductive tube with a first spring and a second spring. The first spring and the second spring are positioned at a first end and a second end of the hollow conductive tube respectively, and the magnet is positioned between the first spring and the second spring. The magnet is configured to move coaxially inside the hollow conductive tube as permitted by the first spring and the second spring, and the magnet suspended inside the hollow conductive tube operates as a tuned mass damper (TMD) to limit a resonant response of the cantilever assembly.

The present application provides a power generator, a suspension, a vehicle, an apparatus and a method for producing a power generator. Among them, the power generator comprises a cylinder body, a moving member, and a piezoelectric conversion unit. The moving member and the cylinder body jointly defines a variable cavity. The piezoelectric conversion unit is located in the variable cavity, and the piezoelectric conversion unit is configured to deform when the moving member is in relative motion with respect to the cylinder body move and changes the size of the variable cavity, for generating electric energy. Due to the fact that the piezoelectric conversion unit is arranged in the variable cavity, the moving member is in relative motion with respect to the cylinder body to make the piezoelectric conversion unit generate electric energy, thus effectively utilizing the energy generated by the target members in the vibration process.

A micro-engine including a rotation structure, the rotation structure including a head portion, a rear portion, and a deformable portion connecting both portions. The deformable portion is deformable in elongation or compression along a main axis and includes a spring element displaying a free end. The free end of the spring element includes at least an abutment member. The deformable portion further includes a wheel-platform which displays a first and a second face, being configured to cooperate with the free end of the spring element in order to transform a back-and-forth movement of the at least one spring element into a rotational movement of the wheel-platform.

The present invention belongs to the technical fields of civil engineering, smart material and health monitoring, and provides a viscous damper fluid viscosity monitoring device and method based on piezoceramic transducers, comprising piezoceramic transducers, wires, corks, a baffle and a viscous damper. When the fluid viscosity of the viscous damper changes, the energy dissipation of pressure waves during propagation in a fluid will change, and signals received by the piezoceramic transducers will change, so that the viscosity of the fluid in the viscous damper can be calculated by the amplitude change of the signals received. The device of the present invention has a simple structure and accurate monitoring results, and provides a simple and feasible method for real-time monitoring of fluid viscosity of viscous dampers in engineering.

Adhesive damping systems are described. A damping system for reducing the effects on a substrate caused by a disruption in the substrate environment includes an adhesive having a plurality of three-dimensional particles dispersed therein. The particles are configured to provide a controlled response to an applied force field. The system further includes a sensor which measures an amplitude and frequency spectrum of the disruption. In a use configuration, the sensor determines the amplitude and frequency spectrum of the disruption received by the substrate; and the applied force field is dependent on the amplitude and frequency spectrum of the disruption.

The present application provides a power generator, a suspension, a vehicle, an apparatus and a method for producing a power generator. Among them, the power generator comprises a cylinder body, a moving member, and a piezoelectric conversion unit. The moving member and the cylinder body jointly defines a variable cavity. The piezoelectric conversion unit is located in the variable cavity, and the piezoelectric conversion unit is configured to deform when the moving member is in relative motion with respect to the cylinder body move and changes the size of the variable cavity, for generating electric energy. Due to the fact that the piezoelectric conversion unit is arranged in the variable cavity, the moving member is in relative motion with respect to the cylinder body to make the piezoelectric conversion unit generate electric energy, thus effectively utilizing the energy generated by the target members in the vibration process.

A highly-efficient new-energy vibration controller integrating passive, semi-active and active control, including a multi-cavity beam, a battery assembly, a wound magnetic device, a damping piezoelectric device and an inertia mass assembly. The wound magnetic device includes a connecting rod, an electromagnetic wire wound on a bottom end of the connecting rod and a magnetic box arranged at a bottom of the inertia mass assembly. A top end of the connecting rod is fixedly connected to a bottom of the multi-cavity beam. The bottom end of the connecting rod passes through a center through hole of the inertia mass assembly and arranged in the magnetic box. The magnetic box is provided with a magnetic field. The damping piezoelectric device is sleevedly arranged on an outer wall of the connecting rod. The damping piezoelectric device and the wound magnetic device are both electrically connected to the battery assembly.