摘要 |
A hydraulic inertial vibration isolator (1) is connected between a vibrating body (3) and an isolated body (5). The vibration isolator (1) comprises a cylinder (7) which includes two chambers (35, 37) and a piston (9) therebetween. The chambers (35, 37) are connected by a tuning passage (31) in which a solid tuning slug (33) is slidably disposed. The chambers (35, 37) and the tuning passage (31) are filled with liquid. Bypass passages (57, 61) connecting the tuning passage (31) to the chambers (35, 37) allows file liquid pressure in the chambers (35, 37) to equalize when the amplitude of the tuning slug's oscillatory motion is sufficiently large, thereby limiting the tuning slug's amplitude. Dashpots (45, 47) axially disposed adjacent to either end of the tuning slug (33) act to damp excessive tuning slug motion and to bias the tuning slug (33) toward the center of the tuning passage (31). An electronic control system (69) is used to supply alternate current to magnetic coils (67) adjacent to the tuning slug (31), thereby matching the isolation frequency to the vibration frequency.
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