Peripherally valved, temperature-compensated shock absorber

Details Peripherally valved, temperature-compensated shock absorber Peripherally valved, temperature-compensated shock absorber

1990-01-25

1991-12-24

Oberleitner, Robert J.

Brakes

Internal-resistance motion retarder

With means compensating for change in temperature or viscosity

18832219, 18832222, F16F 952, F16F 900

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050743899

ABSTRACT:
A shock absorber of the type having a hydraulic cylinder and piston is disclosed. The hydraulic cylinder is filled with an elevated viscosity fluid having slight compressibility which exhibits pseudo-plastic flow. The piston has an associated thermal expansion means associated therewith, which defines an annular space between the peripheral surface of the thermal expansion means and the cylinder wall. The annular space acts as a peripheral valve to impart resistance to piston travel through the fluid. The thermal expansion means is selected to have a coefficient of thermal expansion greater than that of the cylinder, whereby extremes of ambient or internally generated temperatures cause the thermal expansion means to adjust the peripheral valving, thus compensating for temperature-induced fluid viscosity changes to produce consistent dampening.

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