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Rotary retardation devices

US4497393A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 4, 1981
Grant dateFeb 5, 1985
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 4, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16F15/10
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A rotary retardation device utilizing viscous fluid responsive to angular velocity in which the viscous fluid is retained in a cavity, one wall of which is a flexible deformable member, the fluid being sealed in the cavity, and a relatively movable rotary member bearing on the flexible member in a moving path to respond in rotation to the action of the viscous fluid in the cavity.

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