Gas spring device

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1998-02-13

2000-07-11

Butler, Douglas C.

Spring devices

Vehicle

Comprising compressible fluid

188300, 18832217, 188376, 267 6412, 267120, 267124, F16F 902, F16F 712

Patent

active

060860596

ABSTRACT:
A gas spring device is provided with a safe and effective way to reduce to zero the velocity of a piston rod which is traveling at a high velocity in the gas spring device during a failure of the gas spring device. This achieved by stopping the piston rod in a controlled manner through a stepwise reduction in its energy and velocity to keep the force on the piston to a minimum at all times during the failure. The reduction in energy is caused by a plurality of frangible components associated with the gas spring device which are designed to break during a failure, thereby dissipating the kinetic energy of the piston rod.

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