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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7356977 | Automated clipping packaging systems with bottom-up cutting members and associated methods Methods, devices and computer program products automatically package an object in a covering material such as casing and/or netting by: (a) automatically pushing at least one object through a product chute; (b) pulling a covering material upstream of the product chu... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7322163 | Clipping packaging apparatus and methods An apparatus for enclosing a product in a covering material includes a product feed and covering system, a clipper mechanism and a tensioning system. The product feed and covering system is configured to apply the covering material over the product. The clipper mech... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7313896 | Automated clipping packaging systems Methods, devices and computer program products automatically package an object in a covering material such as casing and/or netting by: (a) automatically pushing at least one object through a product chute; (b) pulling a covering material upstream of the product chu... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7237369 | Automated clipping packaging systems Methods, devices and computer program products automatically package an object in a covering material such as casing and/or netting by: (a) automatically pushing at least one object through a product chute; (b) pulling a covering material upstream of the product chu... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7234287 | Netting chutes with ribbed flooring for manual and/or automated clipping packaging apparatus Netting chutes suitable for use with manual and automatic packaging operations to enclose product in netting packaging include at least one axially extending rib. ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7226045 | Vehicle suspension system A vehicle suspension system has a combination air spring/damper mounted between spaced first and second components of a vehicle. The damper has a fluid cylinder attached to the first vehicle component and a piston rod connected to the second vehicle component. The a... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7222469 | Netting chutes with floors having channels for packaging products with clippers Netting chutes suitable for use with manual and automatic packaging operations to enclose product in netting packaging include a channel formed by a longitudinally extending well and/or at least one pair of axially extending ribs. ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7216737 | Acoustic isolator between downhole transmitters and receivers Apparatus and methods for acoustically isolating logging tool receiver and transmitter sections. One or more modular isolators is arranged between the receiver and transmitter sections. The modular isolators comprise a high tensile strength while also providing for ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7204104 | Damper of drum type washing machine A damper includes: a cylinder: a piston rod inserted to be movable linearly in the cylinder; a guide member provided with a coupling hole to which an insertion portion of the rod member is coupled at a center thereof, and provided with first and second grooves at an... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7182190 | Vibration damper with fire safety device A piston rod and a piston are installed with freedom of axial movement in a cylinder filled with a working medium, the piston dividing the working space into a space on the piston-rod side of the piston and a space on the side of the piston facing away from the pist... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7156557 | Bearing in a manual transmission A bearing arrangement (2) in a manual transmission for transferring torque between at least a first guide surface (14b) on a swivel element (14), which can swivel and which is fixed along the bearing relative to the manual transmission, a... | 01/02/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7017720 | Front fork An object of the present invention is to provide a front fork with a double-rod damper, which can improve an efficiency of an assembly operation thereof by simplifying alignment work of piston rods on assembly. To achieve this object, a front fork (30) compri... | 03/28/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7011193 | Rod guide and seal system for gas filled shock absorbers A gas shock absorber has a pressure tube which defines a working chamber. A piston assembly divides the working chamber into an upper working chamber and a lower working chamber. A plurality of extension passages extend through the piston assembly and are opened and... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6971492 | Shock adapter A shock adapter for converting a one-way shock absorber into a two-way shock absorber comprising a housing having a first slideable member located on one end and a second slideable member located on the opposite end with the housing having a chamber therein for rece... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6968931 | Shock absorber with guiding system The present invention relates to an improved shock absorber with guiding system for, for example, racing and Formula cars and such, due to which larger horizontal bend powers F can be taken without considerable wear and further problems, in which the shock absorber ... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6962330 | Vibration damper A vibration damper includes a damping element and a pneumatic spring, where the damping element has a container tube, a fastening part, and a piston rod, and where the pneumatic spring consists of a spring bellows acting as a roll bellows, an outer tube connected to... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6789652 | Resilient leg A resilient leg as part of an attachment for the wheel of a motor vehicle. The leg is provided with a piston rod (4) that has a piston (5) attached to it, that travels into and out of a housing (1), that is attached at its outer end to the vehic... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6684990 | Tube structure and tube manufacturing method for hydraulic damper In a tube structure of a hydraulic damper, an outer tube and an inner tube are separately formed by extrusion, and using this outer tube or inner tube, as it has ribs integrally formed on an inside wall of the outer tube or outside wall of the inner tube,... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6637559 | Vehicle suspension and bearing therefor A vehicle suspension and bearing therefor providing improved slidability of members and torque resistance. The bearing includes a first member with at least one guide track, a second member with rolling element openings and a collar positioned within the ... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6619446 | Vibration damper with a deaerating device A vibration damper, particularly a mono-tube vibration damper, has a cylinder in which a piston rod is arranged together with a piston so as to be axially movable, wherein the piston divides the cylinder into two work spaces filled with a work medium, the... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6615961 | Seal construction of shock absorber with leveling function To positively prevent a pressure medium sealed into an outer tube from leaking out from a clearance relative to an oil damper, there is provided a seal construction of a shock absorber 1 with leveling function wherein a seal mechanism 3 is disposed in an ... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6578832 | Air damper used in glove box of automobile An air damper comprises a cylinder having first and second openings at both ends, a piston that moves in the cylinder, a piston rod coupled to the piston and moving in and out at the first opening of the cylinder; and a cap positioned at the second openin... | 06/17/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6401885 | Internal brake mechanism for plastic film for a product filling machine A brake mechanism which permits adjustment of the outer reach or extent of an elastomeric ring about the periphery of the brake. The adjustment is effected by engaging and bending the elastomeric ring seal to a greater or lesser extent depending upon the ... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6390258 | Floating rod guide for monotube strut A guide assembly for a rod of a motor vehicle strut comprises a rod guide, a seal cover, and a retainer. The seal cover engages the rod guide, and defames an area therebetween. The retainer is engaged with the seal cover. A first O-ring is disposed betwee... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6382373 | Frequency dependant damper A gas shock absorber has a pressure tube which defines a working chamber. A piston divides the working chamber into an upper working chamber and a lower working chamber. A series of extension passages extend through the piston and are opened and closed by... | 05/07/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6340153 | Shock and acoustic mount A shock and acoustic mount for reducing transmission of forces between two relatively moveable members such as a mounted component and a supporting structure, providing a compressible fluid spring with large allowable relative movement of the mounted comp... | 01/22/2002 |
| 6336610 | Compressed-air landing strut and method for its manufacture A compressed air landing strut 2 is disclosed with a pneumatic shock absorber which is set onto a spring support 14. The spring support 14 has an offset 22 and the end region 24 of the roll-off piston 12 is flared radially outward, so that it surrounds th... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6334607 | Adjustable length fluid spring A fluid spring has a cylindrical housing (1) in whose end sections pieces (12,13) are introduced. A hollow space (20) is configured in one of these end pieces (12), a control device (30) being located in the hollow space (20). The control device (30) has ... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6311813 | Axially movable switching sealing ring within a groove An axially movable switching sealing ring within a groove having an axial width greater than the axial width of the ring, in particular in the piston of a piston-cylinder unit, where the switching sealing ring has sealing surfaces on its upper side surfac... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6241391 | Vehicle suspension and bearing therefor A vehicle suspension and bearing therefor providing improved slidability of members and torque resistance. The bearing includes a first member with at least one guide track, a second member with rolling element openings and a collar positioned within the ... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6220409 | Stroke dependent bypass A shock absorber has a pressure tube with a piston assembly slidably disposed within the pressure tube and attached to a piston rod. The piston assembly divides the pressure tube into an upper working chamber and a lower working chamber. The piston assemb... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6155545 | Cylindrical shock absorber with cover The shock absorber includes an oil pressure damper (1), a piston rod (2) and a cushion spring (3), wherein the cushion spring (3) contacts to the piston rod side with an end thereof and another end (6) thereof contacts to a spring receiving face (8) of a ... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6138923 | Injector An injector of intensified fuel injection type is disclosed in which a resin-made sealing member for sealing a clearance between a concave and a boosting piston fitted in the concave for reciprocating movement is protected from deterioration owing to high... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6135434 | Shock absorber with positive and negative gas spring chambers A gas spring shock absorber (10A) includes a damping fluid cylinder (14A) telescopically housed within an air cylinder (12A). A shaft (16A) connects a sealable, outer end (18A) of the air cylinder with a vented piston (32A) movably mounted within the damp... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6105945 | Inverted strut damper An inverted strut damper includes an external cylinder which has an expanded midsection and a vertically moveable damper tube arranged concentrically within the outer cylinder. The outer cylinder and tube arrangement form a lubricating oil supply reservoi... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6062352 | Air damper An air damper has a cylinder member provided at its opposite ends with openings. One opening is formed with a seal surface. A piston member is movable in the cylinder member along an axial direction of the cylinder member so as to generate a variation in ... | 05/16/2000 |
