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7637360 System comprising magnetically actuated motion control device  
A system that includes a magnetically actuated motion control device comprising a housing defining a cavity and including a slot therethrough. A movable member is located within the cavity and is...
7412852 Washer damper thereof, and control method thereof  
The present invention provides a washer, damper thereof, and control method thereof, by which noise is reduced by adjusting a damping force of the damper in a manner of turning on/off power of the...
7100907 Braking- and damping device, in particular for movable pieces of furniture  
A braking and damping device for movable pieces of furniture has a fluid-cylinder (1) in which two pistons (2, 5) are arranged in a linearly displaceable manner. One of the pistons (2) is...
7028371 Safety brake for block and tackle window balance  
The present invention relates to inertial braking system for spring-loaded devices, such as block and tackle window balances incorporated in single and double hung window assemblies. In one...
6557673 Integral park brake/eddy current brake assembly  
An eddy current braking apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a stator, a coil of wire, and a drum. The stator has a plurality of poles and is mountable to a frame of a vehicle. The coil...
6412606 Damper/positioning structure  
A damper includes a barrel axially slidably mounted on a shaft, an elastic ring mounted inside the barrel around the shaft, arched pressure blocks mounted abutted against one another inside the...
6364074 Mechanical device having two modes of displacement  
A mechanical device for controlling changeover between two modes of relative displacement between two objects comprising: two assemblies capable of moving in guided relative translation, one...
6247564 Automotive suspension locking device  
An automotive suspension-locking device mounted to a shock absorber having a cylinder and a piston rod, the suspension-locking device includes a brake band provided around the piston rod of the...
6053291 Damper of a type with a variable damping force  
A small-sized damper is provided which enables to effectively vary the damping force of a damper even in a region in which the moving speed of a rod is small. On one of a damper main body and a rod...
5921359 Progressively braked locking device  
The subject of the invention is an arresting device for fixing the selected relative position of an adjustable first element with respect to a second element, for example a seat of a piece of...
5595268 Fluid actuated friction damper  
A fluid actuated friction damper having telescopically movable inner and outer bodies, the outer body having an elongated, continuous friction surface. The inner body includes a first set of...
5570761 Velocity responsive fluid actuated friction damper  
A fluid actuated friction damper having telescopically movable inner and outer bodies, the outer body having an elongated, continuous friction surface. The inner body includes a first set of...
5513730 Nonlinear shock absorber  
A nonlinear shock absorber is disclosed. The device has a housing filled with hydraulic fluid and contains a relatively heavy mass or piston supported by a helical coil. The helical coils disposed...
5320374 Suspension fork  
There is disclosed herein a suspension fork assembly particularly for use with bicycles. The assembly comprises an outer steer tube which is adapted to be mounted in and extend through the head...
5305858 Rotary shock absorber having vanes with radial flow clearance  
A rotary shock absorber suitable for use in a suspension system of a vehicle. The shock absorber is provided with a housing and a rotary shaft supported by the housing for relative rotation...
5273240 Impact absorption system, particularly for aircraft seats  
An impact energy absorption system for aircraft seats and the like, comprising seat mounting means, a seat movable between a first unloaded position and a second crash induced position, a deforming...
5272933 Steering gear for motor vehicles  
A motor vehicle rack and pinion steering gear having torsional damping by friction between an annular plastic damper ring on a housing of the steering gear and a journal surface on a pinion shaft...
5257680 Surface effect dampers having both hysteresis and a frictional component  
Several improved embodiments of surface effect dampers that produce a damping force including both hysteretic and frictional components. Various improvements include an amplitude sensitive feature...
5186439 Friction compensating automotive suspension strut  
A strut assembly for use in an automotive suspension of a vehicle including a wheel carrier and a chassis includes an outer housing attached to the wheel carrier, a pressure tube disposed within...
5174551 Cylinder piston device  
A cylinder piston device comprises a cylinder and a piston rod. The piston rod is guided through one end of the cylinder inwards and outwards of the cylinder. A damping body is provided for damping...
5170867 Pedal parking brake  
Pedal parking brake. This device is provided with a supporting shaft fixed to the side of a car body, a rotary body attached to another end of the supporting shaft, a damper case interposed between...
5165506 Dynamically variable multi-disc rotary shock absorber with viscous fluid  
The invention provides a rotary shock absorber (10) of the type comprising a sealed hollow cylindrical housing (12) in which are arranged discs (50A, 50B) alternately integral in terms of rotation...
5078238 Brake system  
The brake system comprises a shaft interposed between two propeller shaft segments via universal joints, a radial compressor selectively connected with the shaft, a casing for housing the radial...
5007509 Brake system  
A brake system comprises an impeller selectively connected to a propeller shaft of a vehicle for consuming energy of the engine and applying a brake force to the propeller shaft, an impeller...
4946115 Device for taking up a line  
A device for taking up and paying out a line such as a fishing line comprising a spool support, a spool arranged thereon and adapted to have said line wound and unwound therefrom, a central shaft...
4926982 Braking device in an arrangement for linear movement  
A braking device in an arrangement for linear movement comprising an elongated part and a part movable in relation thereto. Along substantially the entire stroke of the movable part of a piston...
4881723 Double-damped gas spring with friction liner and sealing ring  
A gas spring substantially comprises a cylindrical housing, closed on one end, and a piston rod located concentrically in it and extending in a sealed manner from its other end, the piston rod...
4877226 Fluid shock absorber constructions  
A fluid shock absorber of either the pneumatic or liquid type having a frustoconical threaded bleed plug for varying the shock absorbing capacity of the shock absorber. A shock absorber...
4854384 Pipeline packer  
The pipeline packer described herein typically includes a main body adapted for propulsion through the pipeline in an axial direction. A brake shoe support assembly is located on the main body and...
4846316 Hydraulic retarder attached with parking brake  
A hydraulic retarder and brake unit mounted on a rotating vehicle drive shaft has a first rotatable member forming a brake drum and mounted on the drive shaft for rotation therewith. A...
4828079 Hydraulic retarder with parking brake  
For the improvement in the hydraulic retarder comprising a fixed member (1) of vehicle, a shaft (2), a housing (4), a vane chamber (3), a plurality of stator vanes (5) and a plurality of rotor...
4825746 Universal power cylinder  
Power cylinder comprising a housing having a throughbore capped by end plates defining therein a longitudinally extending chamber. A piston including a longitudinally extending body portion mounts...
4792127 Friction damper  
In a friction damper a core part is telescopically movable in an outer part. A friction piston is secured to the core part. The friction piston is pot-shaped and includes a basic body and skirt...
4768629 Double-tube vibration damper  
In a double-tube vibration damper the piston acts on an abutment spring when arriving at a predetermined position during its inward stroke. The abutment spring acts on a control member. The control...
4759430 Energy absorbing arrangements  
In e.g. a projectile launcher, an arresting sleeve (12) absorbs energy by deformation, which is necessary to arrest a piston (15) from which a counter-mass or a projectile is ejected. The...
4729458 Friction damper, in particular for washing machines with spin cycle  
A friction damper, especially for washing machines with a spin cycle, consists of a housing (1) having a substantially circular cylindrical inner wall and a tappet (2) that can be pushed coaxially...
4679664 Blanking impact absorber  
A mechanical, vibration-preventing means to be used on mechanical and hydraulic presses, bar cutters, shearing machines and the like preferably cyclicly working machine tools with a pulse-like...
4659538 Apparatus for limiting the effect of axial hydraulic flow force exerted on fuel assemblies of water-cooled nuclear reactors  
Apparatus for limiting the effect of axial hydraulic flow force exerted on the fuel assemblies by the hydraulic pressure of a coolant in a water-cooled nuclear reactor comprises slit cylindrical...
4635961 Air-spring suspension  
This invention relates to an air-spring suspension system installed intermediate the carriage frame supported on wheels and the cargo or passenger holding structure supported by the carriage frame...
4633758 Double-acting working cylinder having a piston-dampening arrangement  
A fluid-pressure-operated, double-acting working cylinder which dampens the final braking of the work piston, includes a cylinder housing with a movable work piston disposed therein, the work...
4606442 Frictional damping assembly for suspension strut  
The assembly includes three damper shoes that are guided by and wedged transversely between two wedge rings, one having three curved flats and the other having three planar flats that respectively...
4589526 Controllable fluid damper for fluid-containing tank  
A controllable fluid damper 14 for a fluid-containing tank 10 in a space vehicle comprising a hollow sphere 14. The wall of the sphere 14 is a honeycomb structure of six-sided cells 24 arranged...
4588054 Linear motion damper  
A linear motion damper is disclosed which comprises a hollow sleeve member, a rod reciprocating within the sleeve member, and a piston adapted to engage a fluid filled cylinder to provide...
4574423 Rotary damper having a clutch spring and viscous fluid  
A rotary damper with a directional property is disclosed which is capable of being simplified in structure, manufactured with a low cost, and stably and precisely operated. The rotary damper is...
4558628 Breechblock buffer for an automatic firing weapon  
A breechblock buffer serves for catching the recoiling breechblock following the firing of a cartridge. This breechblock buffer comprises a buffer piston and a compressible liquid. With the...
4553769 Front fork for a two-wheeled vehicle  
A strut for a front fork of a two-wheeled vehicle including an inner tube, an outer tube and a cushion spring resisting the telescoping of one tube toward the other. A damping mechanism is...
4522230 Orifice plate seal ring for controlled closure check valve  
A check valve is comprised of a body having inlet and outlet passages and a cylindrical chamber within the body, the axis of which forms an angle with the axis of the inlet and outlet passages. An...
4488626 Torque transmitting apparatus and method  
A hydroviscous torque transmitting apparatus of the disc type is disclosed wherein films of fluid are maintained between adjacent discs of a clutch for purposes of torque transmission. Fluid is...
4484668 Controller for vehicle retarder  
A pneumatic controller for actuating a retarder of the motion of a vehicle. Inlet and exhaust valves are actuated by a pair of diaphragms responsive to the pressure of the air applied to the brakes...
4480728 Retarder brake control  
A control system for a combination hydrodynamic and friction retarder brake wherein in an output speed range above a first reference speed retarder braking is entirely hydrodynamic, in an output...
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