	US 11,725,082 B2
	Method for damping shocks and vibrations
Claudio Adolfo Pietro Tonelli, Paderno d'Adda (IT); Floryan De Campo, Ixelles (BE); and Antonio Mattia Grande, Brenta (IT)
Assigned to SOLVAY SPECIALTY POLYMERS ITALY S.P.A., Bollate (IT); and POLITECNICO DI MILANO, Milan (IT)
Appl. No. 17/617,084
Filed by SOLVAY SPECIALTY POLYMERS ITALY S.P.A., Bollate (IT); and POLITECNICO DI MILANO, Milan (IT)
PCT Filed Jul. 15, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/069958 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 7, 2021, PCT Pub. No. WO2021/009202, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 21, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 19186857 (EP), filed on Jul. 17, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0251308 A1, Aug. 11, 2022
Int. Cl. C08G 83/00 (2006.01); F16F 15/023 (2006.01); F16F 15/04 (2006.01)

CPC C08G 83/008 (2013.01) [F16F 15/023 (2013.01); F16F 15/04 (2013.01); F16F 2224/04 (2013.01)]

15 Claims

1. A method for attenuating vibrations and/or shocks, said method comprising:

providing a damper assembly, said damper assembly comprising at least one moving part and at least one supramolecular polymer in contact with said at least one moving part, said supramolecular polymer being obtained by reacting:

a) at least one first polymer [polymer (P1)] comprising a polymer chain [chain (R)] consisting of a plurality of non-ionisable recurring units [units (U)], said polymer (P1) having two chain ends (E1, E1′), each end comprising at least one ionisable acid group;

b) at least one second polymer [polymer (P2)] comprising a polymer chain [chain (R)] consisting of a plurality of recurring units [units (U)], said chain (R) being equal to or different from that of polymer (P1), and said polymer (P2) having two chain ends (E2, E2′), each end comprising at least one ionisable amino group, and

exposing said at least one moving part to said vibrations and/or shocks, so as to attenuate the same.