Fluid amplified shock absorber with rebound stiffening construction
US4558767A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 3, 1983 |
| Grant date | Dec 17, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 3, 2003 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF16F9/516
- WIPO fieldMechanical elements
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A shock absorber having a casing and a piston with a piston head mounted thereon and located in a chamber within the casing containing fluid, an annular peripheral groove on the shock absorber head for mounting an annular turbulence inducing member having an L-shaped cross section which is slidable on the bottom surface of the groove from a passive position which it occupies when the piston head forces liquid from one side thereof to the other in a fluid amplification mode and which moves to an active position for creating turbulence within the groove during the rebound movement of the piston head.
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