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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8127902 | Annular sealing assembly for insertion between two mechanical members in relative motion, in particular a linear reciprocating motion, as a rod and the relative guiding seat of a mono-tube shock-absorber A sealing assembly including a sealing ring made of elastomeric material and having, integrally in one piece, at least one elastically deformable, annular sealing lip, at least part of which projects axially from and radially inwards of the sealing ring, from a resp... | 03/06/2012 |
| 7837017 | High-friction fluid seal and shock absorber A high-friction fluid seal used for high-friction sealing, comprising a fluid seal lip provided on the working fluid filling side to intercept a working fluid; and a dust lip provided on the working fluid non-filling side (the outer side) of the fluid seal lip to in... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7832530 | Piston rod guide, in particular for a single-tube vibration damper The invention relates to a vibration damper, comprising a cylinder (5) that is filled with damping medium, in which a piston rod (7) is guided in an axially movable manner by a piston rod guide (3), the lateral surface of the piston rod guide ly... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7810619 | Fluid-pressure shock absorber A fluid-pressure shock absorber comprising: an external cylinder with an open portion provided at one end thereof, a piston rod, a tip of which projects from the open portion of the external cylinder; a rod guide, wherein the open portion of the external cylinder is... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7703587 | Rod guide for monotube shock absorbers A rod guide for use in a piston/cylinder monotube shock absorber includes an annular guide body disposed about the piston rod within the shock absorber cylinder. A rod scraper in a top face of the guide body seals grease and oil inside the cylinder and prevents cont... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7591353 | Decoupled mono tube damper assembly A decoupled mono tube damper assembly includes an outer tube attached to a vehicle's unsprung mass. The outer tube has a base and a sleeve end. An outer tube sleeve engaging end of an inner tube is slidingly engaged with the sleeve end. The inner tube has an end dis... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7428954 | Damper for drum type washing machine Disclosed herein is a damper for use in a drum type washing machine, which can support a tub of the washing machine and absorb vibration of the tub. The damper comprises a cylinder, a piston partially inserted inside the cylinder, and a fixed damping member and move... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7401769 | Gas spring A method of manufacturing a gas spring including the steps of fitting and inserting a first seal member, an annular space member, a second seal member, and a rod guide, to an outer periphery of a piston rod in accordance with this order from a side of a piston, a st... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7367435 | Shock absorber design method A shock absorber preferably used for an automobile aims at inhibition of noise caused by self-induced vibration. The shock absorber includes a piston, a working cylinder for housing the piston; and a rod, one end of which being attached to the piston and the other e... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7341132 | Damper with flexible guiding damping unit In a damper, in particular for spin-drying cylinder washing machines, it is provided, with a view to obtaining low-noise and low-wear guidance of a tappet in a casing, that the damper comprises a guiding damping unit which damps any deflections of the tappet in the ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7331570 | Low impact gas spring A gas spring with a piston rod assembly received for movement between retracted and extended positions in a casing defining a main gas chamber. The piston rod assembly when in its extended position cooperates with a portion of its retainer and the casing to at least... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7320675 | Method and apparatus for modulating cellular metabolism during post-ischemia or heart failure A drug delivery system detects a cardiac condition indicative of a need for increasing a cardiac metabolic level and, in response, releases a drug into tissue or blood to shift a source of metabolically synthesized energy fueling cardiac contraction from fatty acid ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7311182 | Sealing and guiding packet To make a sealing and guiding packet available to shock dampers in order to minimize or even entirely prevent the negative effects of the so-called stick-slip effect and thus permit greater riding comfort, a sealing and guiding packet is proposed which comprises the... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7293633 | Controlled damper assembly with isolated electrical connection A controlled damper assembly includes a controlled-damper-assembly piston, a controlled-damper-assembly piston rod attached to the piston, an insulated wire, and an electrical connector. The insulated wire is positioned in the piston rod, has a first end operatively... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7281614 | Damper in a washing machine and fabricating method of the same A damper for a washing machine includes: a cylinder; a piston body having one end inserted into the cylinder; a first friction member interposed in a contact surface between the piston body and the cylinder; an extension bar extended from an inserted portion of the ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7281705 | Jounce assembly for a suspension system A suspension system for a vehicle having a vehicle body and a plurality of wheels movable relative to the vehicle body. A hydraulic damper, which includes a piston rod and a cylinder, is disposed between the vehicle body and wheels. A striker plate is mounted to the... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7243766 | Rebound cushion for hydraulic shock absorber A cylindrical rebound cushion (8) is fitted to an outer circumference of a piston rod (5) inserted in a cylinder (3) of a hydraulic shock absorber (1). An upper end surface (8a) of the rebound cushion (8) comes Into c... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7240941 | Vehicle storage assembly with adjustable door A vehicle storage assembly includes a storage compartment having an opening to permit access to the compartment. A door adjacent the opening is moveable between a closed position that covers the opening and an open position that permits access to the compartment thr... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7222702 | Gas spring A gas spring (7) comprises a cylinder main body (20); a rod member (21) slidable to cylinder main body; a gas filled chamber (23) filled with compressed gas and urging the rod member in a first direction; a rod inserting hole (32) ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7209783 | Ablation stent for treating atrial fibrillation An apparatus and method for treating atrial fibrillation with ablation therapy in which a stent is deployed within a pulmonary vein and tissue surrounding the stent is ablated with radiofrequency energy to stop discharges from ectopic foci in the vein from reaching ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7201733 | Drug delivery system for implantable cardiac device A drug delivery system incorporated into a cardiac device for delivering a dose of a drug to a patient upon detection of a particular medical condition. The cardiac device may be, for example, an implantable cardioverter/defibrillator, cardiac pacemaker, or combinat... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7188819 | Object-support column Object-support column includes an end unit, a guide tube which has a nominal diameter, and end having an end diameter which is smaller than the nominal diameter, and a transition-length portion extending from the nominal diameter to the end diameter, the end being c... | 03/13/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7163248 | Automotive console with adjustable armrest A center console for an automobile includes an armrest that is selectively adjustable by vehicle occupants to and between a first position wherein the armrest is in a substantially horizontal orientation, and a second position wherein the armrest extends angularly a... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7134634 | Column unit The present invention relates to a column unit which connects a chair sheet to a base in which a wheel is installed. The present invention provides a column unit which comprises a base tube having a lower end portion vertically fixed to a base of a chair and having ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7134670 | Rotation shaft seal A rotation shaft seal provided with a rubber sealing portion which contacts a surface of a rotation shaft and an outer case to which the rubber sealing portion is unitedly fixed. The outer case has an inner brim portion on an inner end portion on a sealed fluid side... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7089055 | Method and apparatus for delivering pre-shock defibrillation therapy An apparatus and method is presented for improving cardiac function after successful termination of a tachyarrhythmia such as ventricular fibrillation. A series of electrical stimulation pulses are delivered prior to a defibrillation shock if one or more specific cr... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7083165 | Side bearing pad In a side bearing pad assembly two housings are provided, each having a bore of such size and orientation that the housings slide telescopically one within the other. When assembled the bores constitute a single internal cavity which houses resilient members. Each h... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7083170 | Rod or piston primary seal A rod or piston primary seal, which includes a primary seal (2) facing the space (1) to be sealed and a secondary seal (3) facing away from it, in which the primary seal (2) is fitted into the groove (4), of a holding element (5... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7077672 | Electrical connector having a piston-contact element An electrical connector, such as a bushing insert, includes a housing with an inner bore, opposite ends. One end has an opening providing access to the inner bore. A piston-contact element is movable between first and second axially spaced positions within the inner... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7072711 | Implantable device for delivering cardiac drug therapy An implantable medical device in which an electrogram is recorded and analyzed in order to detect changes indicative of cardiac ischemia. Cardiac ischemia may be detected by recording an electrogram from a sensing channel of the device and comparing the recorded ele... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7070028 | Frequency dependent 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 flow path extends through the piston to provide fluid communication between the upper and lowe... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7069086 | Method and system for improved spectral efficiency of far field telemetry in a medical device Radio frequency bandwidth from a far field transmitter of an implantable medical device is adjusted by controlling the data rate, the output power level, the transmitter supply voltage or combinations thereof. Adjustments are made on the basis of a sensed temperatur... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7032896 | Piston-cylinder assembly with a bellows Piston-cylinder assembly, comprising a container tube, in which a piston rod is guided with freedom of axial movement, which rod is at least partially covered by a sheath tube with at least one elastic fold, where a resilient stop pad is provided concentrically to t... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7028817 | Pressure adjustable shock and method A gas pressure adjustable aluminum shock absorber to pressurize oil therein mounts between a vehicle and an axle and includes a threaded aluminum shock body tube, a bore therein an aluminum body mounting loop with an internal female thread to couple in threaded enga... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7022932 | Outer shell unit and method of manufacturing the unit A manufacturing method for an outer shell unit (10) provided with a cylindrical outer shell (3) housing a damping force generating mechanism and a knuckle bracket (7) mounted on the outer shell (3) to connect a knuckle. The knuckle bracke... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7021435 | Monotube strut with rebound cut-off feature A suspension damper including a tube and a damping piston assembly disposed within the tube and slidably mounted therein for reciprocal movement in the tube. The suspension damper also includes a piston rod extending through the tube and connected to the damping pis... | 04/04/2006 |
| 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 |
