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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7938238 | Rotary damper A rotary damper (D) is constituted by: housings (11, 51); a silicon oil (21) being housed inside the housings (11, 51); a rotor (31) wherein a resistive portion (36) moving through the silicon oil 21 inside the housings (... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7424939 | Rotary damper A rotary damper includes a driven-to-rotate member with a driven-to-rotate part for coupling to a drive member, a fixed support member for holding the driven-to-rotate member so as to rotate freely, a receiving part formed between the fixed support member and the dr... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7413063 | Compressible fluid magnetorheological suspension strut A strut (12) is configured for an active suspension system (142) which provides electronic control for both the force applied by the strut (12) and the dampening characteristics of the strut (12). A compressible fluid (18) is used ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7303184 | Isolator mount for shock and vibration mitigation A passive isolator mount capable of dissipating shocks and vibrations as either heat or magnetic energy is presented. The passive isolator includes a pair of L-shaped or C-shaped brackets capable of withstanding repeated deflections and strains, energy dissipating l... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7264096 | Rotary damper A rotary damper includes a driven rotary member having a driven rotary part for engaging a driving member, and a stationary support member for rotatably supporting the driven rotary member. A housing is disposed between the stationary support member and the driven r... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7249756 | Low-profile, multi-axis, highly passively damped, vibration isolation mount The invention disclosed is a low-profile, multi-axis, highly passively damped, vibration isolation mount which when used in multiplicity provides a complete vibration load isolation mounting system. The device provides in unique fashion a very low profile interface ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7225905 | Magnetorheological fluid damper A magnetorheological damper device is provided having an increased shear interface area per unit volume of device, which enhances the stroking force of the damper. The damper generally includes a thrust shaft comprising an external threaded surface in threaded commu... | 06/05/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7121720 | Protective cap for infrared radiation thermometer The invention is directed to a protective cap (2) for a temperature measurement probe (30) of an infrared radiation thermometer (1) that can be introduced into a body cavity (31). The protective cap (2) is comprised of a base body ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 6968929 | Damper A gear damper has a fixed first part and a second part rotatable relative thereto, with a gear formed on the second part. A continuous annular seal is provided between the first and second parts, and a substantially continuous layer of damping fluid is provided betw... | 11/29/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6918472 | Arrangement for a piston and cylinder device The hydraulic cylinder or shock absorber arrangement has a cylinder unit limiting an inner space in which a medium in the form of a gas or a liquid is intended to be placed. A forwardly and backwardly movable piston unit is placed such that it can slide within the s... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6840356 | Rotary damper A rotary damper includes a cylindrical member having walls on an inner peripheral surface of a cylindrical chamber along a radial line, and a rotor member having vanes moving along the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical chamber. A resistance force of a visc... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6729448 | Rotary damper To provide a rotary damper having a compact shape with a short axial length and capable of absorbing an extremely high torque acting temporarily in the case of a door abruptly closing. In a rotary damper (1) in which a rotary member (5) includes: a bas... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6659240 | Arrangement for a piston and cylinder device The hydraulic cylinder or shock absorber arrangement has a cylinder unit limiting an inner space in which a medium in the form of a gas or a liquid is intended to be placed. A forwardly and backwardly movable piston unit is placed such that it can slide w... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6499573 | Damping device There is provided a damping device for making large a damping force per unit length in an axial direction thereof. The damping device 20 is provided with a motion conversion section 21 for converting a relative linear motion between the two object portion... | 12/31/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6328144 | Inverted type of vehicular damper with vehicle height adjusting function On an outside of a damper main body of an inverted type of vehicular damper, a pressure casing of a cylindrical shape which is connected to a damper rod is provided in a manner movable up and down. A pressure chamber for containing therein a pressure medi... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6298960 | Small viscous precision damper The viscous damper is formed with a body with a cylindrical wall presenting an edge with a circular tongue element thereon. A cap with a corresponding circular groove element is placed thereon so that the tongue and groove elements align with each other. ... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6250441 | Viscous shear-type damper A viscous shear-type damper is provided with a casing including an upper cover which is horizontally movable and a container portion having a rectangular parallelepiped-shaped accommodating space which is covered by the upper cover; an engaging block prov... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6230450 | Damping top, damping rod, and damping device using same A damping top which comprises first and second L1 connection members (10, 20) connected to each other so as to connect two relatively displacing points (objects) (L1, L2) to each other, which connection members are fixed at one end thereof to the two poin... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6224044 | Level control system for a motor vehicle The invention is directed to a level control system for a motor vehicle wherein the controllable valves (8a to 8d and 10) are controlled by a first control unit (24). The first control unit (24) transmits a signal to a second control unit (36) at time int... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6135364 | Rotator air management system In a rotational speed viscous dampening device comprising a housing, a shaft having one end located in the housing and rotatable relative thereto, and a rotor body on the one end of the shaft with viscous fluid at least partially filling the housing, an i... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6129186 | Rotational damper A rotational dampening apparatus 10 includes a cup-shaped housing member 12 and, mounted for rotational movement in the cup-shaped housing member, a rotor member 14 and a dampening member 16, the dampening member being held compressed between the rotor me... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6044940 | Remote-controlled hydropneumatic shock absorber A shock absorber comprises a sliding tube sealed at one end which is provided with an attachment for one of the two parts of the vehicle which needs cushioning and a stem presenting at one end another attachment for the other of the two parts of the vehic... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6026939 | Shock absorber with stanchion mounted bypass damping A dampener (628) for a shock absorber of a vehicle, such as a bicycle, is mounted within a telescoping front fork including a stanchion tube (116) and a coaxial slide tube (618). The dampener includes an internally received hydraulic fluid sleeve (640) th... | 02/22/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5992582 | Electrorheological rotary pure-shear damping devices An electrorheological damping device for reducing translational vibration between two bodies comprises a rotary electrorheological damper and transmission means for converting the translational vibration between the two bodies to the rotary motion of the ... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5992583 | Method of stabilizing valve lift-off in hydraulic shock absorbers Method of stabilizing valve lift-off movement in an automotive hydraulic shock absorber having compression and expansion chambers filled with a hydraulic shock-absorber fluid is diclosed. The chamber are divided by a valve body which has one or more orifi... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5944152 | Apparatus mountings providing at least one axis of movement with damping The disclosure relates to a viscous damper of the labyrinth ring type for incorporation in a mounting for a TV or video camera for damping pan or tilt movement of the camera. The damper has a stator (10) having a multiplicity of upstanding concentric annu... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5921357 | Spacecraft deployment mechanism damper The present invention provides an electrorheological magnetic (ERM) fluid-based rotary motion damper (12). According to the invention, the ERM fluid-based rotary motion damper (12) generally includes an input shaft (18) coupled to a first damping member (... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5862896 | Device for dampening the movement of a pivotally supported structural part, for example, a flap in an automobile A device for dampening the movement of a pivotally supported structural part, for example, a flap or closure within an automobile, comprises a pivot arm attached to the structural part, and a rack operatively connected to the pivot arm. A housing is rotat... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5810126 | Electroheological fluid composite structures This invention relates to laminated composite structure elements containing electrodes, flexible laminae which may also serve as electrodes, and an electrorheological fluid located between the flexible laminae. The rheological properties of the electrorhe... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5788029 | Vibration isolation system A vibration isolation system comprises four tunable dual-axis hydraulic inertial isolators, an array of accelerometers, and a controller. The controller inputs signals from the accelerometers and outputs signals to tune the isolators to minimize the vibra... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5718309 | Rotary damper with grooves and wall spaces A rotary damper is formed of a first member including a driven gear on one side, and one of a supporting shaft and an inner cylindrical projection to form a circular fitting dent therein on a side opposite to the one side; and a second member including th... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5667204 | Slit-tube replicated in-place constrained layer damper and method An economic and efficient method for providing an inner constrained layer damping system to a tubular structure by inserting an inner damping tube that has been substantially slit along its length at several places around its circumference and then wrappe... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5590745 | Vibration damping device using ER fluids having multiple electrodes A vibration damping device for mounting between two spaced portions of a vehicle for absorbing road forces exerted on the vehicle. An inner metal cylindrical housing forms an internal piston chamber and is connected at one end to one portion of the vehicl... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5540408 | Drag unit for a tripod head A drag unit of the present invention is provided with a case; a drag disc disposed in the inner portion of this case; a hollow axis supporting these case and drag disc coaxially, a pair of long holes being formed at a side of the axis; a lid of the case; ... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5497863 | Rotary damper A rotary damper comprising a housing and a cylindrical rotor rotatably supported in the housing, and an annular clearance between the rotor and housing being filled with a viscous flowable material, wherein the housing comprises a pivot extending from one... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5477949 | Shock absorber A piston rod guide is provided for a shock absorber assembly, wherein the piston rod guide has a reflux passage for returning damping fluid back to the annular space formed between the cylinder walls of the shock absorber. The reflux passage is configured... | 12/26/1995 |
