Did You Know...
...that it was melting ice cream that inspired the invention of the outboard motor? It was a lovely August day and Ole Evinrude was rowing his boat to his favorite island picnic spot. As he rowed, he watched his ice cream melt and wished he had a faster way to get to the island. At that moment the idea for the outboard motor was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6898501 | Apparatus for facilitating reduction of vibration in a work vehicle having an active CAB suspension system An apparatus and method for determining when a component of a work vehicle experiences vibration above a predetermined threshold, and responding to the vibration so that the vibration is reduced below the predetermined threshold. The apparatus, which is in a work ve... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6701235 | Suspension control system In a suspension control system, a controller previously stores damping force maps (an ordinary road map, a rough road map, and an extremely rough road map) corresponding to road surface conditions (an ordinary road, a rough road, and an extremely rough ro... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6434460 | Suspension control system By passing the vertical acceleration through a phase adjusting filter and a gain adjusting filter, the phase of the vertical acceleration is advanced by 49 degrees so that the phase difference with respect to the actual relative velocity becomes 180 degre... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6390224 | Front sub-frame structure A front sub-frame 1 structure that supports an engine E and to which suspensions are attached includes a front sub-frame main body 1a having a U-shaped configuration, when viewed from top, which has an opening directed rearward. Engine mounts 2, 2 are att... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6321155 | Method and apparatus for an automatic brake intervention control and control device A system for an automatic brake intervention control in an all-wheel-drive vehicle having an automatic brake control system, comprises a control device and separately actuatable brakes which are assigned to the individual wheels. The control device genera... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6312340 | Hollow drive shaft with integrated vibration absorber An effective reduction of vibration overshoots is intended to be effected in a drive shaft, which is configured as a hollow shaft (8), with simple means at the particular vibration maximum (vibration antinode). A vibration absorber (2) is arranged within the h... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6237889 | Seat suspension assembly A seat assembly for accommodating vibrations imparted thereto including a seat having a bottom surface, a frame including a base secured to a fixed surface and a support member extending upwardly therefrom. A substantially rigid pivot member is provided w... | 05/29/2001 |
| 5947226 | Motor vehicle including a power unit provided with a suspension of limited displacement A motor vehicle has its power unit connected to its vehicle structure via a suspension provided with at least one mount which comprises a rigid support arm secured to the power unit, an antivibration support including an elastomer body which supports the ... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5887843 | Dynamic damper structure A damping member includes a damper bracket fixed to an upper link bracket, a mass bracket Joined to the damper bracket via an elastic body, and a mass for vibration control supported by the mass bracket, an upper link bracket is provided on a rear axle ho... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5848663 | Active engine mount system effective in controlling vertical motion of a vehicle body An active engine mount system for supporting an engine on a vehicle body is used for controlling the vertical movement of the vehicle body produced by irregularities of the road surface. The engine mount system comprises an actuator interposed between the... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5598337 | Suspension apparatus with driving state feedback for vehicles A suspension control system for feedback-controlling the sprung mass acceleration signal ym and a method for introducing the unsprung mass acceleration signal yL into a tuning circuit to tune gain of an FIR filter. In this system, tu... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5332061 | Active vibration control system for attenuating engine generated vibrations in a vehicle An active vibration control (AVC) system is disclosed for attenuating vibrational frequency components generated by an engine and transferred through an engine mounting unit to vibrate a motor vehicle body. The motor vehicle is characterized by sprung mas... | 07/26/1994 |
| 5102105 | Hydraulically damped engine mount A hydraulically damped engine mount comprises liquid-filled working and equalization chambers 1, 2 which are separated by a resilient partition wall 3 and connected by a damping opening 4. The axially opposing working chamber 1 and the equalization chambe... | 04/07/1992 |
| 5052510 | Hybrid type vibration isolation apparatus A hybrid type vibration isolation mounting apparatus for supporting a first member at a second member, and including a passive vibration absorbing device, such as a typical rubberized engine mount, located between the first and second members, and an acti... | 10/01/1991 |
| 4936558 | Variable strength spring A variable strength spring includes a tubular body, at whose inner surface is coaxially provided a concave contact seat, a ring made of elastomeric material rigidly engaged in the tubular body and a connection tang rigidly engaged in the elastic ring. The... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4896867 | Hydraulically damping elastic bearing Hydraulically damping elastic bearing, in particular engine mounts for motor vehicles, with two rigid end walls opposite one another in the axial direction and at least two chambers containing damping fluid arranged axially one behind the other, whereby t... | 01/30/1990 |
| 4893799 | Vibration isolation apparatus Antivibration isolation device with hydraulic damping of radial elasticity, consisting of four concentric tubes bonded two by two to the elastic lateral walls, which by simultaneous fitting form two chambers connected by a long laminar passage for an iner... | 01/16/1990 |
| 4869474 | Vehicle engine suspension systems A vehicle engine suspension system in which, in order to reduce `shake` electrically actuated engine mounts are provided, power being supplied to the engine mounts by a control system responsive to vehicle body accelerations (e.g. in the vertical directio... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4844430 | Fluid-filled elastic cushioning device having stopper block for closing orifice upon excessive load application A fluid-filled elastic cushioning device for elastically connecting a first and a second member, including an inner sleeve attached to the first member, an elastic body fitted on the inner sleeve and having two pockets which are open in opposite axial end... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4815556 | Vibration-proof apparatus for a vehicle For reducing vibrations having different frequencies and transmitted to a chassis of a vehicle, a vibration-proof apparatus mounted on a support member supporting a vibratory body on the chassis includes a first dynamic damper and a second dynamic damper ... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4813513 | Suspension device for the body and the power unit of a motor vehicle A first chamber (18) of variable volume is interposed between the body (20) and the adjacent part of the damper (14) and hydraulically connected to a second chamber (40) of variable volume provided in an elastically yieldable support (24) interposed betwe... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4788949 | Mounting arrangement for vehicle engines A vehicle engine mounting arrangement wherein a pair of interconnected fluid-tight chambers containing gas are employed, one arranged between the engine and the body and the other arranged between the body and the suspension system. The two chambers are e... | 12/06/1988 |
| 4773632 | Spring element with hydraulic damping A spring element with hydraulic damping includes a rubber-elastic peripheral wall and two rigid end walls defining a chamber therebetween, an electroviscous fluid filling the chamber, a stack of at least two metal plates disposed in the chamber, and elast... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4726573 | Mount having hydraulic damping action and membrane therefor A membrane for a mount having hydraulic damping action has a peripheral bead and opposite surfaces extending inwardly therefrom. A nonrectilinear cut through the opposite surfaces of the membrane from at least proximate the bead of the membrane delimits a... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4700931 | Resilient mounting A resilient mounting for engines, machine units, etc. During driving operation, resilient motor mounts having a supporting diaphragm-like element which oscillates freely via an air cushion generate undesirable and annoying noises, and they also transmit t... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4664219 | Mounting of an engine An engine is mounted on a motor vehicle chassis with at least one rubber metal mount acted upon hydraulically to vary its spring rate under the control of a hydraulic control device. The motor vehicle have has at least one wheel mounted in a sprung fashio... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4643270 | Motor vehicle drive unit support arrangement In a motor vehicle, the drive unit is suspended on a transverse member resting on the wheel suspension struts of the vehicle. The suspension struts are secured to the vehicle body by means of a suspension mount which includes a damping block. The suspensi... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4359716 | Method and apparatus for sensing air pressure in pneumatic suspension units for vehicles A method and apparatus for sensing air pressure in pneumatic suspension units for a vehicle, such as a motorcycle, comprising: air pressure sensors capable of sensing air pressures in pneumatic suspension units to generate an output signal when the air pr... | 11/16/1982 |
| 3970162 | Device for suspending the body and the engine-drive unit in an automobile vehicle Two series of separate elastically yieldable blocks having different stiffnesses are disposed between the damper and the vehicle body and between the damper and the engine-drive unit. The accelerations transmitted to the body and to the engine are then su... | 07/20/1976 |
| 3958654 | Device for suspending the body and motor in an automobile vehicle Each wheel is connected to the body through a hydraulic shock-absorber comprising two chambers of variable volume which communicate by way of a constricted passage. One of the chambers has a wall connected to the unsuspended part of the vehicle so that up... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3957128 | Suspension device for the body and engine of an automobile vehicle The suspension device tends to eliminate the vibrations due to movements between the engine and the body. The body is connected to each shockabsorber by a chamber having a variable volume and a wall constituted by an elastically yieldable block whereas th... | 05/18/1976 |
