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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7958980 | Protection device for cylinder A conventional solid protection device disposed on an exposed side of a cylinder for actuating a working device had a possibility of being permanently deformed by contacting an obstacle so as to be prevented from sliding properly corresponding to the telescopic move... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7896142 | Shock absorber dirt shield A shock absorber includes a dynamic vibration absorber which is designed to suppress the vibrations of the piston rod of the shock absorber. The dynamic vibration absorber includes a damping mass which is formed as a dirt shield to protect the shock absorber from co... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7823709 | Bellows for hydraulic, hydropneumatic, or pneumatic piston-cylinder units A bellows for hydraulic, hydropneumatic, or pneumatic piston-cylinder units, especially for vibration dampers or MacPherson strut units for motor vehicles, is located between the end of a piston rod and a cylinder, and covers the part of the piston rod which project... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7445096 | Piston-cylinder unit and process for producing a piston-cylinder unit A piston-cylinder unit, in particular gas spring, has a cylindrical pressure tube which has a surface protection on its outer surface. The piston-cylinder unit further has a piston, which is axially displaceable within the pressure tube and has a piston rod. The pis... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7416064 | Boot for hydraulic, hydropneumatic or pneumatic piston-cylinder units A boot for a hydraulic, hydropneumatic or pneumatic piston-cylinder unit, in particular for vibration dampers or spring struts for vehicles, covers a portion of a piston rod that projects from the cylinder of the piston-cylinder unit. To protect against dirt and/or ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7392736 | Piston-cylinder unit with a protective sleeve A piston-cylinder unit includes a piston rod guided axially in a cylinder, a support disk fixed to the piston rod, a mounting element fixed to the support disk, and a protective sleeve which can be threaded over the mounting element. The protective sleeve has an end... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7347414 | Integrated vehicle shock absorber mount and jounce bumper A shock mount and jounce bumper assembly is assembled to a shock absorber of a vehicle. The shock mount and jounce bumper assembly includes an integrated isolator/jounce bumper that has an internal washer that is insert molded in place in the integrated isolator/jou... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7338040 | High retention strength jounce bumper assembly A jounce bumper assembly is provided including a cup-shaped member adapted to be mounted to a vehicle. A spacer formed of an appropriate engineered material is mounted within the cup-shaped member and a jounce bumper is mounted to the spacer. The cup-shaped member i... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7314108 | Dust cover strike plate and suspension mechanism having the same A dust cover strike plate in a suspension mechanism having a dust cover disposed about a shock absorber and arranged radially inward of a coil spring, and being superimposed on an inner portion of an upper face of a lower spring support member, and includes an abutt... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7308975 | Velocity sensing system for a damper A velocity sensor including a damper assembly having a central axis, a magnet extending parallel to the central axis, the magnet having a magnetic axis radially oriented with the central axis, and a coil extending parallel to the central axis and radially oriented w... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7267331 | System and method for determining appropriate conditions for leveling a vehicle having an air suspension system A method of determining appropriate conditions for leveling a vehicle having a height adjustable air suspension system. The method includes the steps of providing an acceleration-determining device adapted to output a signal associated with an acceleration of the ve... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7255334 | Air suspension piston The invention relates to an air suspension piston, with the air suspension piston being tube shaped and being made of aluminium. The air suspension piston is formed by a longitudinal-seam welded tube made from an aluminum alloy, and the tube has been longitudinal-se... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7240775 | Shock absorber A shock absorber of a built-in damper type is provided with a rod guide portion one end of which is fixed to an end of a cylinder for a damper, the rod guide portion slidably supporting a rod, and an oil lock piece disposed in the other end of the rod guide portion,... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7219780 | Piston-cylinder unit A piston, which has a piston rod, is guided with freedom of axial movement in a cylindrical pressure tube. At one end of the pressure tube, the piston rod passes through an opening in an end wall, which closes off the end of the pressure tube. The pressure tube is s... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7216861 | Protective sleeve for adjustable shock absorber A cylindrical sleeve is inserted between the body of a competition shock absorber and its adjustable compression spring to protect the body from undue wear created by rubbing of the spring on the threads formed on the external surface of the shock. Different color s... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7104583 | Vehicle with storage/utility system A truck with one or more storage compartments in the bed adjacent the side panels and in which a hinged panel in the side panel or fender allows access to a storage compartment. The side panels maintain the appearance of a conventional pickup truck without storage c... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7090058 | Dust cover receiving structure of shock absorber A dust cover receiving structure of a hydraulic shock absorber 10 is disclosed in which a cover-receiver 50 receiving an end surface of a dust cover 30 is disposed on an upper surface of a spring seat 21. The cover-receiver 50 is f... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7083028 | Hydraulic shock absorber for vehicle In a hydraulic shock absorber for a vehicle, an annular support member is provided in a lower side of a portion to which a vehicle body side mounting member of a piston rod is fixed. A case cover is detachably provided around the vehicle body side mounting member an... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7077248 | Suspension strut unit with a stop buffer Suspension strut unit comprising a connector bearing for piston rod of the suspension strut unit, a spring plate for a vehicle spring, and a first has a bearing with a bearing input part on the spring plate side and a bearing output part on the connector bearing sid... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7066456 | Hydraulic shock absorber mounting structure An upper portion of a rod protruding from an upper end of a hydraulic cylinder of a hydraulic shock absorber, which suspends a wheel from a vehicle body, is inserted from below into a mounting hole in an upper wall of a wheel house, and with a lower portion and an u... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7011301 | Wheel-guiding forward axle air spring strut A wheel-guiding forward axle spring strut includes a spring and a shock absorber (6) integrated axially therein. The spring includes two end members (8, 10) and a spring element is disposed between these end members. The shock absorber (6) inclu... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6974143 | Hydraulic shock absorber for vehicle In a hydraulic shock absorber for a vehicle in which a slide pipe is slidably provided within a cylinder tube, and a working fluid chamber is provided within the cylinder tube and the slide pipe, a guide bush coated with a polytetrafluoroethylene and an oil seal sea... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6932356 | Protective covers A protective cover which is generally in the form of a flexible bellows construction secured at each end by collars in order to define an interior space includes vent means. Thus, when the cover is deformed, the volume within the interior is altered by aspiration or... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6921091 | Sealing bellows, transmission joint equipped with same and method for fixing same A sealing boot intended to ensure the sealing of a transmission joint connecting two shafts. The sealing boot includes a boot body having a bead at each end to contact and seal the periphery of the shaft or an element of the joint integral with the shaft. Each bead ... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6910559 | Mounting structure of dust cover in hydraulic shock absorber In a mounting structure of a dust cover in a hydraulic shock absorber, a portion continuously provided in an end portion of a portion forming a tubular portion in a metal pipe material of the dust cover is diameter-reduced to an inner diameter side, and an annular d... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6905006 | Retaining cap for a protective bellows A retaining cap includes a sleeve-shaped basic body which has at least one protective bellows retaining segment on which a protective bellows can be supported. A component which is movable with respect to the retaining cap can penetrate into the installation space o... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6883651 | Dust cover receiving structure of hydraulic shock absorber A dust cover receiving structure of a hydraulic shock absorber in which a seat rubber is interposed between a suspension spring and a spring seat. The seat rubber has a spring receiving portion which is arranged between the suspension spring and the spring seat, a c... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6866127 | Piston damper assembly, and dust tube subassembly, having a velocity sensor A piston damper assembly includes a piston damper and a relative velocity sensor. The piston damper includes a damper body, a piston rod, and a dust tube which is attached to the piston rod. The relative velocity sensor includes an axially extending first magnet sup... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6837508 | Cosmetic shroud for motorcycle forks and method of using the same A shroud is disclosed that disguises the particular type of motorcycle fork blade to which it's attached, thereby making the fork blade appear to be that of a different type. As disclosed, a motorcycle fork comprises a fork blade and a shroud. The fork blade compris... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6827341 | Spring system The invention relates to a spring system (2) having two spring units (4a, 4b) arranged coaxially with respect to each other. Each spring unit essentially includes a flexible member (6a, 6b) and a roll-of... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6827342 | Shock absorber A shock absorber includes a damping element and an air spring, the damping element having a container tube, a fixing part and a piston rod. The air spring has a spring bellows acting as a rolling bellows, an outer tube connected to a mass to be held with little osci... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6648110 | Dust cover assembly and method of producing the same A method of producing a dust cover assembly comprising the steps of: preparing a fixing member having a mounting bore to be fitted on a shock absorber's piston rod, and an engaging portion formed in its outer circumferential surface as an axially undercut... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6550753 | Antivibration device The invention provides an antivibration device lightweight and excellent in heat interception, wherein a top opening of a main body fitting (1) and an upper attachment fitting (2) are interconnected through a vibration-isolating base (3); a stopper fittin... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6460665 | Pneumatic spring arrangement The invention relates to a pneumatic spring arrangement (1) comprising at least the following components, namely a pneumatic spring lid (2), a pneumatic spring piston (3), pneumatic spring bellows (7), a vibration damper (11) with a rucksack module (14; e... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6199672 | Dust cover mounting structure A structure wherein a dust cover (60) is mounted in a lower portion of an under bracket (14) for mounting an inner tube (13) of a front fork (11) to a vehicle body side; an annular stopper (61) is fixed on an outer peripheral surface of the inner tube, an... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6186486 | Jounce bumper plate A jounce bumper plate for a damping module of a type commonly employed automotive suspension system having a hydraulic cylinder with an upper end cover, a piston rod slidably extending from the upper end of the cylinder and ajounce bumper mounted upon the... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6017044 | Automobile suspension system An automobile suspension system comprises a front suspension having at least a spring placed between sprung and unsprung masses to support the sprung mass thereon and a shock absorber placed between the sprung and unsprung masses to regulate spring reboun... | 01/25/2000 |
| 6007061 | Upper MacPherson strut bearing for wheel suspensions in a motor vehicle An upper MacPherson strut step bearing for wheel suspensions in a motor vehicle. The MacPherson strut step bearing includes a metallic housing that is pot-shaped in the vertical section, a rubber buffer arranged in the housing, and a support piece, which ... | 12/28/1999 |
| 6007130 | Vehicle having strut assemblies and collapsible support members A strut assembly for retaining a section of a vehicle in open position, and may be of an insulated type, heated type, or insulated and heated type, for use in a variety of varying temperature applications. The strut assembly may be connected to a power so... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5979617 | Strut assemblies having heating means A strut assembly for retaining a section of a vehicle in open position, and may be of an insulated type, heated type, or insulated and heated type, for use in a variety of varying temperature applications. The strut assembly may be connected to a power so... | 11/09/1999 |
