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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8113322 | Motorcycle air suspension system and method Air suspension systems, devices, apparatus, and methods for allowing motorcycle drivers to increase and decrease compressed air supplies in air suspension devices. Deflating interior air springs/airbags (bladders) inside the devices allows for springs and pistons on... | 02/14/2012 |
| 7248228 | Flexure elastomer antenna isolation system A vibration isolation system (100) for a payload (102). The vibration isolation system provides a level of vibration isolation for all vibration translational and rotational components, while minimizing the moment of the payload mass relative to the is... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7182188 | Isolator using externally pressurized sealing bellows Apparatus are provided for a damping system. The system includes a housing having an inner surface defining a passage therethrough, a first bellows disposed within the passage, the first bellows having an outer surface and spaced apart from the housing inner surface... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7143748 | Fuel rail crossover hose A fuel rail assembly with crossover conduits for communicating fuel between two fuel rails of a fuel-injected, spark ignited internal combustion engine is provided. The hose has a body with a mechanism for damping pressure pulsations within the fuel rail assembly. | 12/05/2006 |
| 7066310 | Piston-cylinder unit A piston is guided in an axially displaceable manner sealed off from a closed cylinder via an annular seal radially surrounding it, and divides the cylinder interior into a working space near the piston rod and a working space away from the piston rod. The two worki... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7066957 | Device and assembly for intervertebral stabilization The invention concerns a staiblizing device (150) designed to link two vertebrae, comprising at least two chambers (156, 158, 186, 188) arranged proximate to said vertebrae, said chambers containing a shock absorbing fluid. Means (192, 194) are ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7051617 | Methods and apparatus for tuned axial damping in rotating machinery with floating bearing cartridge An apparatus and method for selecting an appropriate viscous fluid for use in control moment gyroscopes, reaction wheels, momentum wheels and the like. Components such as the housing, the rotor, and the viscous fluid are modeled using a three-parameter isolator syst... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7048098 | Toroidal rotary damper apparatus A toroidal rotary damper apparatus includes a housing having a toroidal inner housing surface and a piston moveable in the housing having a curved outer peripheral piston surface in engagement with the inner housing surface. A fluid barrier is attached to the housin... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7025922 | Method of manufacturing a bellows A method of manufacturing a plastics material bellows, wherein a preform is made by molding plastics material in a mold, the mold having preferred deformation zones, and then before the part has completely left the mold, the bellows is formed by folding the preform ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6951206 | Automotive fuel supply apparatus A fuel pressure detector and a pressure accumulator are disposed in a fuel distribution line, an engine control apparatus controlling activation of a fuel pump based on output from the fuel pressure detector. The fuel pump is activated at maximum capacity to fill th... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6938888 | Vibration damper, in particular for a helicopter rotor The invention relates to a vibration damper, in particular for a helicopter rotor, the damper comprising both a driving element and a rigid element and including a damper assembly functionally interconnecting the driving element and the rigid element, the damper ass... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6935846 | Dosing pump The invention relates to a dosing pump comprising a chamber, an inlet valve located in an inlet pertaining to said chamber, and an outlet valve located in an outlet pertaining to said chamber. The chamber is divided into two partial chambers (2, 18) by a sepa... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6929271 | Hydraulically compensated stabilizer system The present technique provides a stabilizer system comprising a plurality of piston cylinder assemblies, which have multiple interconnected chambers to provide cross compensation between suspension members coupled to those piston cylinder assemblies. The piston cyli... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6749046 | Combined spring and shock absorber system including a hydraulic accumulator In a combined spring and shock absorber system for a wheel suspension of a vehicle comprising tubular rolling bellows arranged between a wheel-support structure and a vehicle body the bellows includes a space filled with a fluid in communication with a hydraulic acc... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6695104 | Reusable impact energy absorbing device An reusable impact energy absorbing device utilized a liquid filled piston and cylinder assembly whereby upon application of an impact to the piston the piston will move along the length of the cylinder and discharge the liquid outwardly through a sequenc... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6695105 | Hydraulic shock absorber A hydraulic shock absorber comprises a cylinder (11) with an expandable and contractible piston rod (12), an outer casing (13) disposed on the outside of the cylinder (11), and a reservoir (16) defined between the outer casing and the cylinder. Due to an ... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6561325 | Vehicle suspension with remote spring A vehicle suspension is provided. The suspension includes a first assembly that is mounted between the vehicle axle and frame and provides controlling damping of movement of the unsprung mass of the vehicle. The suspension also includes a second assembly ... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6557674 | Hydraulic or hydropneumatic shock absorber or telescopic suspension, equipped with built-in compensator, having small overall dimensions, easy to carry out and highly reliable The compensator consists of at least one flexible and preferably elastic braiding (8), fitted up outside onto the cylinder (1) of the shock absorber, seal-fastened with its own ends onto said cylinder by means of suitable fastening means (19, 10) and carr... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6491289 | Oleo-pneumatic shock absorbing system The invention provides a shock-absorbing system, comprising an oil cell having bellows-shaped walls and a bi-fluid cell, the cells being in fluid communication via at least one flow restriction conduit.... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6467760 | Filling valve for a gas bag Filling valve for a gas bag installed in a space bounded by rigid walls, where the forces of a liquid medium, which is under pressure and which flows into and out of this space, act on this space. The gas bag serves as a compensation space, is filled with... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6390256 | Vehicle suspension system A springing system for a vehicle has a hydraulic actuator and a storage element which holds hydraulic fluid. The system is constructed as a gas accumulator with a holding chamber for the hydraulic fluid and a separate gas chamber, and communicates with th... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6373002 | Damper for a weighing device and a weighing device provided with a damper A damper for a weighing device including a cavity 4 in which a plate 12 can move, which plate is designed for being connected to a weight measuring device 2. The cavity 4 is closed tightly by a flexible membrane 14 and is partly filled with an oil, while ... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6345707 | Frictionless damper A hydraulic damper including an inner cylinder, an outer cylinder, a space between the inner and outer cylinders, first and second end walls in the inner cylinder, a piston rod extending only through the first end wall and supported therein by a ball bear... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6161662 | Suspension damper for motor vehicle A monotube suspension damper including a cylinder tube having a fluid chamber and a gas chamber, a piston dividing the fluid chamber into a compression chamber and a rebound chamber, a primary fluid flow path across the piston including flow control valve... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6105740 | Hydraulic shock absorber The compensator is made separately from the cylinder of the shock absorber, and the two parts are prearranged for the reciprocal coupling with the possibility of articulation around said cylinder and/or around an axis, substantially perpendicular or ortho... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6082508 | Pneumatic damping strut A vibration isolator which uses a compressible fluid such as air within a pair of flexible chambers interconnected by a restrictive passage, with one of the chambers connected between a first member which may vibrate and a second member which is to be iso... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6009983 | Method and apparatus for improved vibration isolation A vibration-isolatator utilizes a relatively small-diameter tuning port or passage and associated reduction in component size. In the illustrative embodiment described herein, a passive isolator is provided which includes a tuning passage or port which ha... | 01/04/2000 |
| 6006873 | Industrial shock absorber The invention relates to an industrial shock absorber requiring very few component parts, which can be cost-effectively produced while expensive milling operations are avoided, wherein different damping curves can be realized relatively simply. The shock ... | 12/28/1999 |
| 6003849 | Hybrid isolator and structural control actuator strut A vibration damping and isolation apparatus including a passive damping mechanism and an active enhancement mechanism. The passive damping mechanism operates to dissipate vibratory and shock forces applied to the vibration damping and isolation apparatus.... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5988332 | Hydraulic shock absorber The compensator is made separately from the cylinder of the shock absorber, and the two parts are prearranged for the reciprocal coupling with the possibility of articulation and pivoting around an axis, substantially perpendicular or orthogonal to the ax... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5979882 | Direct fluid shear damper Disclosed is a vibration damping and isolation apparatus having a passive damping mechanism. The passive damping mechanism includes an outer tubular member and an inner member. The inner and outer members are linearly movable relative to one another upon ... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5947240 | Load vibration isolation apparatus A damping mounting structure for use between two members for isolating motion changes which incorporates a plurality of dampers connected between the two members in a closed geometric shape and which uses cross connections between the dampers located on o... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5918865 | Load isolator apparatus A damping mounting structure for use between two members for isolating motion changes which incorporates a plurality of dampers connected between the two members in a closed geometric shape and which uses cross connections between the dampers located on o... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5862895 | Adjustable variable oleopneumatic shock-absorbing device An oleopneumatic shock absorbing device including a hydraulic fluid-filled cylinder (1) combined with a movable assembly moved by outside forces for circulating the hydraulic fluid. The movable assembly consists of a hollow mobile piston (3) on the end of... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5855259 | Viscous fluid mount Briefly, according to this invention there is provided a viscous fluid mount for interconnection between a vibrating body and a base. The viscous fluid mount includes a chamber, a high viscosity damping fluid contained within the chamber and a flow resist... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5803213 | Heavy load vibration isolation apparatus A damping mounting structure for use between two members for isolating motion changes which incorporates a plurality of dampers connected between the two members with spring members operating in parallel with the dampers to provide stiffness and where the... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5709289 | Compensating device A compensating device, especially for railway car transformers, has a compensation receptacle including a fluid-carrying connection with the interior of the housing of the transformer. In the compensation receptacle, a compensating plate is movable along ... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5597147 | Articulation mechanism and a universal arm means applying the mechanism An articulation mechanism which can change a hinge angle freely, even if a considerable large load is attached to the tip end of a movable arm, and which can hold the hinge angle rigidly, when it is once stopped, is provided. The articulation mechanism (1... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5575360 | Shock absorber assembly for a motor vehicle, the shock absorber assembly having a pneumatic spring Pneumatic spring comprising an elastic rolling bellows connected to a tubular body. The elastic rolling bellows, together with an essentially rigid external tube, forms a spring chamber. A bellows fastening is disposed between the rolling bellows and the ... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5489009 | Vibration damping device A vibration damping device comprises two cylindrical and flexible membrane members liquid-tightly connected at its end portion to respective end portion of a piston member and at its other end portions to respective face plates, a connecting member connec... | 02/06/1996 |
