Brakes – Internal-resistance motion retarder – Resistance alters relative to direction of thrust member
Patent
1994-08-16
1996-04-02
Oberleitner, Robert J.
Brakes
Internal-resistance motion retarder
Resistance alters relative to direction of thrust member
188286, F16F 919, F16F 9346
Patent
active
055032583
ABSTRACT:
A hydraulic shock absorber having discrete damping levels in the rebound direction includes a piston that reciprocates within a pressure tube and divides the pressure tube into rebound and pressure chambers. A passage extends through the piston for establishing fluid communication between the rebound and pressure chambers. A one-way, pressure responsive valve normally closing the passage opens in response to fluid pressure of a predetermined magnitude in the rebound chamber when the piston moves in the rebound direction. The side wall of the pressure tube has bleed holes that lead to a bypass channel that is controlled by an electronically controlled or actuated solenoid valve that opens and closes the outlet of the bypass channel to change the damping characteristics in the rebound and jounce directions in response to suspension conditions. The piston carries a slide valve that closes the bleed holes to the bypass channel mechanically in the rebound direction in response to rapid changes in suspension conditions that the solenoid valve cannot react to quick enough.
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Clarke William H.
Raulf Matthias
Sackett Ray A.
Wengenroth Rolf
Ford Motor Co.
Muratori Alfred
Oberleitner Robert J.
Sachs Automotive of America
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