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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7784773 | Isolator useful for in-line mounting with a strut A system for limiting the exchange of shock and vibration motions and forces between a load and its supporting structure including an isolator. In one aspect, the isolator is designed for in-line mounting with a support strut. The isolator includes an elastomer memb... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7419145 | Friction damper A friction damper comprises a channel member including at least one friction channel and a wedge member including at least one friction wedge received by a corresponding friction channel for sliding motion along the channel relative to the channel member. Each frict... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7334292 | Hinge device A connecting cylindrical part of a second hinge member is inserted between first and second support arm parts of a first hinge member such that an axis of the second hinge member is aligned with that of a rotation axis. A hinge cylinder is passed through the connect... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7234664 | Draw spring linkage, particularly for light aircraft A draw spring linkage includes a hollow rod formed with a shoulder structure at the first end of the rod and with a slot that extends longitudinally of the rod and is located between the shoulder structure and the second end of the hollow rod. A tongue member includ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7228949 | Linear damper Linear dampers are capable of offering an expected damping force without the use of oil or gas. A casing body 10 has a cylindrical portion 14 and a damping groove 15 continuing with each other and axially extending. The side face of the damping ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7147216 | Damper, especially for movable furniture parts A damper has a cylinder and a piston, the piston having two or more parts. A first piston part is made of a rubber-elastic material forced against the cylinder wall during a damping stroke. A second piston part is made of a material that is stiffer in comparison to ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7097014 | Shock absorber A shock absorber, the shock-absorbing function of which can be turned on/off during movement and includes a basement, a clutch assembly, a control assembly and a shock-absorbing spring, the shock-absorbing spring provides damper elastic force for the respective comp... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7090207 | Single-end-mount seismic isolator A single-end-mount seismic isolator for protecting a structure from the effects of seismic shock or other external applied forces includes a load shaft that is secured at its first end to a mounting surface on which the structure is supported. So secured, the load s... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7025428 | Axle for vehicles, in particular commercial vehicles For an axle for vehicles, e.g., commercial vehicles, with a rigid axle body, axle guidance and/or axle support is provided, making it possible to adapt to different transverse distances in the axle guidance or axle support which are predetermined on the body side. | 04/11/2006 |
| 6957727 | Impact absorber for vehicle An impact absorber for a vehicle includes an outer body including a cavity having an axis, and an inner body situated partially within the cavity for relative movement into the cavity when the absorber is subjected to an impact. The inner body has at least one later... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6910558 | Self-locking mechanism for a telescoping column A telescoping column includes a first tube and a second tube arranged in telescoping fashion. A locking structure is disposed between a surface formed on the first tube and a ramp disposed on the second tube. The locking structure contacts the ramp at a first elonga... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6702266 | Damping strut A damping strut. An inner damping member is axially engaged with an outer housing. The outer housing is connectable to a tensioner arm. A wedge member connected to an immoveable mounting member is axially engaged with an inner portion of the inner damping... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6672575 | Surface effect damper A surface effect damper comprising a housing having a wall that defines a chamber, the housing having a first end, a second end and an axis; at least one contact element movable through the chamber between the housing ends in a first direction and in a se... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6513800 | Mechanical double acting shock isolator A double acting mechanical shock isolator that includes a stack of friction springs contained within a housing. The stack is retained between the end walls of the housing by a pair of opposed slides. A sleeve passes through the stack and the ends of the s... | 02/04/2003 |
| 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 elastic ring around the shaft, each arched pressure block hav... | 07/02/2002 |
| 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 assembly being fixed, and the other assembly moving, the device ... | 04/02/2002 |
| 5655632 | Damper device for a mechanical system A damper device comprising a first and second assembly suitable for guided relative displacement. The first assembly is supported stationarily with respect to a reference. The second assembly is supported for guided relative displacement with respect to t... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5651536 | Combined door closer/hinge with variable rotary friction damping performance A rotary friction damper in a device for connecting a door to an adjacent structure such that the door pivots about an axis during opening and closing of the same and including a torsion spring operatively connected to the door and to the structure for mo... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5558182 | Bending and torsion load alleviator with automatic reset A force transmitting load alleviator apparatus 10 and method are provided for rotatably and pivotally driving a member to be protected against overload torsional and bending (moment) forces. The load alleviator 10 includes at least one bias spring 42 to r... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5509674 | Bicycle suspension system A bicycle suspension system is provided that may be located in the head tube at the front of the bicycle frame. The system may be hydraulic, hydro-pneumatic or spring based, but in each case the degree of damping provided may be adjusted by a rotatable kn... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5429338 | Equipment mount An equipment mount for isolating equipment from shock loads and acoustic vibrations has a ring-shaped base mounted to a foundation. A generally cylindrical retainer has an X-shaped cross section and a pair of contact surfaces forming the X-shaped cross se... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5370207 | Motion buffer for a people moving device A motion buffer for stopping a car traveling along a guide rail is provided, having a wedge and a biasing apparatus for biasing against the wedge. If the car travels far enough along the guide rail to encounter the wedge, the biasing apparatus becomes bia... | 12/06/1994 |
| 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 die and an additional set of die jaws connected to the se... | 12/28/1993 |
| 4953471 | Friction shoe assembly for repair of worn railway truck A method of repairing railway trucks in which the sloped surfaces of the truck bolster ends have become worn during service is provided that avoids the hetertofore required restoring of the sloped surfaces with weld material. An improved replacement frict... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4886255 | Suspension strut with selectively controllable differential rebound and jounce damping The strut includes a bidirectional frictional damping assembly which provides frictional damping under rebound and jounce conditions. A separate rebound frictional damping assembly, or a separate jounce frictional damping assembly, or both, provide differ... | 12/12/1989 |
| 4735328 | Split wedge draft gear with center friction plate The draft gear includes a single center friction plate and a pair of spaced apart friction wedges. Six major friction surfaces are defined, four of which are engaged upon contact with the follower, the other two being engaged after about one-half inch of ... | 04/05/1988 |
| 4722505 | Resilient mount with variable antivibration controls for record players A mount for a record player with variable antivibration controls that make it possible for the user of the player to separately establish an optimum antivibration setting depending on the conditions of the specific surface that the player is resting on an... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4576295 | Draft gear for railroad car coupler system A draft gear to absorb and cushion impacting forces on a railroad car coupler system includes a spring package in an inner section of a housing of the gear. The spring package connects with a set of friction shoes carried in friction shoe seats formed in ... | 03/18/1986 |
| 4498369 | Hind absorber for automatic fire-arms actuated by barrel recoil Rear block for automatic fire-arms actuated by the barrel recoil, of the type having a pad associated with a resilient damping and returning mechanism a second damping stage which includes a thrust cone designed to be engaged with the pad during the recoi... | 02/12/1985 |
| 4358096 | Vehicle suspension system A spring and damper suspension system which comprises one or more elastomeric spring elements in compressive load bearing relation to the members to be supported. A tubular housing surrounds said spring elements and supports a frictional surface or surfac... | 11/09/1982 |
