US 12,448,991 B2
Dilatant fluid based object movement control mechanism
Timothy John Boundy, Deer Park, IL (US); Steven Michael Barger, Bartlett, IL (US); Terence Michael Lydon, Westmont, IL (US); Richard Michael Lang, Howey In The Hills, FL (US); Wilfredo Gonzalez, Jr., Plainfield, IL (US); Darren Michael Boundy, Long Grove, IL (US); Eric McHugh, Naperville, IL (US); David Schuda, Wheaton, IL (US); George L. Wilson, IV, Kalamazoo, MI (US); Gary W. Grube, Barrington Hills, IL (US); Jason K. Resch, Warwick, RI (US); Mario F. DeRango, Cary, IL (US); John Edward Buchalo, South Barrington, IL (US); Richard A. Herbst, Clarendon Hills, IL (US); Kurt Estes, Lake Zurich, IL (US); and Evan Anderson, Naples, FL (US)
Assigned to Moshun, LLC, Oak Brook, IL (US)
Filed by Moshun, LLC, Oak Brook, IL (US)
Filed on May 31, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/679,650.
Application 18/679,650 is a continuation of application No. 17/514,970, filed on Oct. 29, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/250,700, filed on Sep. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0318673 A1, Sep. 26, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. F16F 9/53 (2006.01); F15B 15/14 (2006.01); F15B 15/20 (2006.01); F15B 15/28 (2006.01); F16F 9/00 (2006.01); F16F 9/19 (2006.01); F16F 9/30 (2006.01); F16F 9/32 (2006.01); G01R 33/07 (2006.01); G06F 16/28 (2019.01)
CPC F15B 15/1447 (2013.01) [F15B 15/204 (2013.01); F15B 15/2815 (2013.01); F15B 15/2861 (2013.01); F16F 9/006 (2013.01); F16F 9/19 (2013.01); F16F 9/30 (2013.01); F16F 9/303 (2013.01); F16F 9/3214 (2013.01); F16F 9/3264 (2013.01); F16F 9/53 (2013.01); G01R 33/07 (2013.01); G06F 16/284 (2019.01); F16F 2224/041 (2013.01); F16F 2224/045 (2013.01); F16F 2228/14 (2013.01); F16F 2238/045 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A head unit device for controlling motion of an object, comprising:
a chamber filled at least in part with a shear thickening fluid (STF), wherein the STF includes a multitude of piezoelectric nanoparticles;
a piston housed at least partially radially within the chamber, the piston configured to exert pressure against the shear thickening fluid in response to movement of the piston from a force applied to the piston from the object, wherein the movement of the piston includes one of traveling through the chamber in an inward direction and traveling through the chamber in an outward direction, wherein the STF is configured to have a decreasing viscosity in response to a first range of shear rates and an increasing viscosity in response to a second range of shear rates;
a set of radio frequency wireless field transmitter emitters positioned proximal to the chamber, the set of radio frequency wireless field transmitter emitters configured to provide a wireless field activation to the multitude of piezoelectric nanoparticles such that the STF is reconfigured to have the decreasing viscosity in response to a modified first range of shear rates and the increasing viscosity in response to a modified second range of shear rates; and
a set of radio frequency wireless field sensors positioned proximal to the chamber, the radio frequency wireless field sensors configured to provide a fluid flow response from the multitude of piezoelectric nanoparticles, wherein the fluid flow response is independent of the wireless field provided by the set of radio frequency wireless field transmitter emitters.