US 11,931,663 B2
Active damping system for suspended ride system
Matthew Steven Bettinger, Pine Grove, PA (US); Nicholas James Bonsell, Lititz, PA (US); Andrew Phillips Mudie, Lititz, PA (US); Andrew John Penney, Lancaster, PA (US); James Fowler Shumway, Jr., Lancaster, PA (US); and McLane Walker Snow, East Petersburg, PA (US)
Assigned to TAIT TOWERS MANUFACTURING, LLC, Lititz, PA (US)
Filed by TAIT TOWERS MANUFACTURING, LLC, Lititz, PA (US)
Filed on Jul. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/390,340.
Prior Publication US 2023/0032506 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. A63G 31/14 (2006.01); F16F 9/50 (2006.01); F16M 13/02 (2006.01); A63G 31/00 (2006.01); A63G 31/16 (2006.01); F16F 9/02 (2006.01)
CPC A63G 31/14 (2013.01) [F16F 9/50 (2013.01); F16M 13/02 (2013.01); A63G 2031/002 (2013.01); A63G 31/16 (2013.01); F16F 9/0209 (2013.01); F16F 2222/12 (2013.01); F16F 2230/08 (2013.01); F16F 2230/18 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An automated damping system comprising:
a damping device arranged and disposed to provide variable resistance to a load, the variable resistance providing resistance values corresponding to a displacement position of the damping device;
a suspension system for suspending the load, the suspension system including a plurality of cables suspending the load;
a damping profile generator that calculates a damping profile; and
a sensor arranged and disposed to measure one or more damping affecting properties and providing the one or more damping affecting properties to the damping profile generator, the sensor comprising a mass measuring device;
wherein the damping profile provides the variable resistance based upon the one or more damping affecting properties of the load.