A tunable vibration isolator with active tuning elements having a housing, fluid chamber, and at least one tuning port. A piston is resiliently disposed within the housing. A vibration isolation fluid is disposed within the fluid chambers and the tuning ports. The tunable vibration isolator may employ either a solid tuning mass approach or a liquid tuning mass approach. The active vibration elements are preferably solid-state actuators.

A vibration isolation system including a support, a forward actuator and a return device. The support is for supporting the body on a base. The support has a body engaging surface and a base engaging surface. The base engaging surface is arranged to couple to the base. The support couples the body engaging surface to the body in a coupled state. The support uncouples the body engaging surface from the body in an uncoupled state. The forward actuator moves the body and the body engaging surface together relatively to the base in a first direction from a first initial position to an end position in the coupled state. The return device is configured to move the body engaging surface relatively to the body opposite to the first direction from the end position to a second initial position in the uncoupled state.

A damper system for a vehicle is provided that includes a pressurized gas damper, electromagnetic actuator, and pressurized gas spring. The pressurized gas damper includes first and second working chambers that are fluidly connected by a flow control orifice. The electromagnetic actuator includes a stator assembly with a stator cavity and a magnetic rotor that is slidingly received in the stator cavity. The magnetic rotor is fixed to a damper tube that houses the second working chamber. The stator cavity and an end of the damper tube cooperate to define the first working chamber. The pressurized gas spring includes a bellows chamber that extends annularly about the damper tube. The damper tube includes an opening between the second working chamber and the bellows chamber.

A damper system for a vehicle is provided that includes a pressurized gas damper, electromagnetic actuator, and pressurized gas spring. The pressurized gas damper includes first and second working chambers that are fluidly connected by a flow control orifice. The electromagnetic actuator includes a stator assembly with a stator cavity and a magnetic rotor that is slidingly received in the stator cavity. The magnetic rotor is fixed to a damper tube that houses the second working chamber. The stator cavity and an end of the damper tube cooperate to define the first working chamber. The pressurized gas spring includes a bellows chamber that extends annularly about the damper tube. The damper tube includes an opening between the second working chamber and the bellows chamber.

A liquid inertia vibration elimination (“LIVE”) system for a rotor system having n number of blades. The LIVE system includes a first tuned vibration reduction component configured to provide a maximum vibratory isolation at a frequency below 2*n/rev and a second tuned vibration reduction component configured to provide a maximum vibratory isolation at a frequency above 3*n/rev.

A vibration isolator has a bearing body that is supported on at least two air springs, wherein each air spring has a chamber which is closed by a membrane and to which compressed air can be applied.

A vibration isolator has a bearing body that is supported on at least two air springs, wherein each air spring has a chamber which is closed by a membrane and to which compressed air can be applied.

In a system for monitoring a vibration-isolated foundation, the system includes: an air pressure monitoring system for monitoring air pressure supplied to air mounts of the vibration-isolated foundation, wherein the air pressure monitoring system includes: a plurality of air ports configured to receive air to be supplied to the air mounts; a plurality of pressure sensors, each of the pressure sensors being configured to measure the pressure of the air supplied to a corresponding one of the air ports and to output the measured pressure as a sensing signal; a control unit configured to receive the sensing signal from each of the pressure sensors and to output a control signal according to a measured value of each of the pressure sensors; and a notification unit configured to operate according to the control signal of the control unit.

An anchoring device for anchoring a floating object to an anchor structure, including a first attachment suitable for being secured to the floating object; a second attachment for being secured to the anchor structure; a damping member for damping the relative motion between the attachments for securing the first attachment to the second attachment and including a slide chamber, a piston for sliding in the slide chamber according to a relative motion between the attachments and a damper for damping the sliding of the piston in the slide chamber; and a control unit including a measurement sensor for measuring the sliding of the piston; and a control board for varying the damping of the damper according to the sliding of the piston detected by the measurement sensor.

An anchoring device for anchoring a floating object to an anchor structure, including a first attachment suitable for being secured to the floating object; a second attachment for being secured to the anchor structure; a damping member for damping the relative motion between the attachments for securing the first attachment to the second attachment and including a slide chamber, a piston for sliding in the slide chamber according to a relative motion between the attachments and a damper for damping the sliding of the piston in the slide chamber; and a control unit including a measurement sensor for measuring the sliding of the piston; and a control board for varying the damping of the damper according to the sliding of the piston detected by the measurement sensor.