Patent 9382962 was granted and assigned to Rolls-Royce on July, 2016 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A vibration damping body including an auxetic cellular structure having cell walls therein formed substantially of a first material having a first stiffness, the cellular structure further including a second material attached to said cell walls, the second material being selectively located throughout the cellular structure so as to include less than 50% by mass thereof and having a second stiffness which is lower than said first stiffness.