515results about "High internal friction springs" patented technology

A damping element (1) comprising (a) two spring elements (2, 4) which are coaxial with or parallel to a longitudinal axis (3) and two axially end-wise connectors (5, 6) which can be linked to the spring elements (2, 4), where (b) the first spring element (2) exhibits a spring rate F, (c) the second spring element (4) exhibits a spring rate f, and (d) the spring rates F and f are different. A system stabilizing adjacent vertebras includes: (a) N pedicle screws or pedicle hooks (12), with N≧3, and (b) at least one pedicle screw or one pedicle hook having a receiving device (13) which simultaneously allow receiving two parallel affixation devices (7), and where (c) an element (14) acting as a spring is used for affixation between the minimum of one pedicle screw or pedicle hook (12) including a receiving device (13) and a further adjacent pedicle screw or pedicle hook (12).

A damping element includes: two spring elements which are coaxial with or parallel to a longitudinal axis and two axially end-side connectors, where the first spring element exhibits a spring rate F, the second spring element exhibits a spring rate f, and the spring rates F and f are different. A device stabilizing adjacent vertebrae, including N pedicle screws or hooks, where N is greater than or equal to 3 and where each pedicle screw or pedicle hook includes a receiving device receiving a longitudinal affixation device and where an element acting as a spring is inserted between two adjacent pedicle screws or pedicle hooks.

A bedding or seating product comprises a pocketed spring assembly having a plurality of parallel strings of springs joined to each other. Each of said strings of springs comprises a row of interconnected pockets, each of the pockets containing at least one spring encased in a fabric pocket. An inflatable member is sandwiched between a lower scrim sheet and some strings of springs. When inflated, the inflatable member preloads select areas of the product.

The mower front independent suspension assembly in some embodiments of the present invention includes a first suspension arm connected to the front of the lawn mower frame and a second suspension arm connected to the side of the lawn mower frame. In some embodiments, the first suspension arm is connected to the front of the frame at or near the longitudinal center of the frame, while the second suspension arm is connected to the side of the frame a distance from the front of the frame. Also, in some embodiments the cutter deck of the lawn mower is connected to the front independent suspension assemblies for movement therewith.

A knuckle is minimized in size to be located in an internal space of a rear wheel. An upper arm is disposed lower than a conventional double wishbone type and one end of the upper arm is secured to the knuckle. A shock absorber couples at a lower end thereof to the knuckle by passing through a space between a lower arm and assist arm. This configuration thus constructed greatly increases the space of the trunk room, reduces noise by minimizing the transmission of road impact and vibration, and improves ride comfort as well as braking stability and turn stability.

A lateral displacement shock absorbing material includes a material consisting of a plurality of elongated tubular impact absorbing members, each having an axis of elongation. The axes of elongation of the respective tubular members are parallel to one another. The tubular members are retained with their axes in parallel relation by virtue of webbing, laterally extending from the sides of each tubular member, and interconnecting them together. Each of the tubular members consists of an outer surface made up of two frustoconical surfaces with their larger diameter ends abutting one another and their smaller diameter ends facing away from one another. Each tubular member includes a passageway defined by two frustoconical shapes with the smaller diameter ends abutting one another, and the larger diameter ends facing away from one another and defining the openings of each passageway. The material may be made of thermoplastics including polypropylene, urethanes, and rubber. In operation, upon impact, the side walls of the tubular members bulge or displace laterally to absorb impacts. The taper of the walls and the open space within the tubular members allow the energy absorbing material to displace laterally allowing a greater range of travel.

The invention disclosed is a low-profile, multi-axis, highly passively damped, vibration isolation mount which when used in multiplicity provides a complete vibration load isolation mounting system. The device provides in unique fashion a very low profile interface in combination with independently determinable compliance in all directions of vibration loading. Substantial passive damping is afforded without sacrifice to strength and linearity of behavior through adaptation of a shear wall type constrained layer damping. The result is a highly passively damped vibration isolation device that provides a very low profile interface, wide ranging longitudinal and lateral compliance management, in a durable, reliable, lightweight, and compact form.

An elastomeric spring assembly for a railcar apparatus is disclosed. The elastomeric spring assembly includes an elongated body of elastomeric material having a series of axially spaced members coaxially arranged and wholly embedded within the body of elastomeric material. The majority of the embedded members are configured to resist radial outward movement of said elastomeric material while causing the elastomeric material to react in an axial direction between confronting surfaces defined by the members upon axial deflection of the elastomeric spring whereby enhancing performance characteristics of the spring assembly. A method of making an elastomeric spring assembly is also disclosed.

A lateral displacement shock absorbing material includes a material consisting of elongated tubular impact absorbing members, each having an axis of elongation. The axes of elongation are parallel to one another by virtue of lateral webbing interconnecting them together. Each of the tubular members has an outer surface made up of two frustoconical surfaces with their larger diameter ends abutting one another and their smaller diameter ends facing away from one another. Each tubular member includes a passageway defined by two frustoconical shapes with the smaller diameter ends abutting one another, and the larger diameter ends facing away from one another and defining the openings of each passageway. Upon impact, the side walls of the tubular members bulge or displace laterally to absorb impacts.

A bedding or seating product comprises a pocketed spring assembly having a plurality of parallel strings of springs joined to each other. Each of said strings of springs comprises a row of interconnected pockets, each of the pockets containing at least one spring encased in a fabric pocket. An inflatable member is sandwiched between a lower scrim sheet and some strings of springs. When inflated, the inflatable member preloads select areas of the product.

A spring seat assembly for a suspension system of a vehicle utilizing a coil spring. The spring seat assembly includes a first spring seat retainer having a central axis. The first spring seat retainer includes a flange and a pocket portion extending from the flange toward a distal end. The flange includes a first side and a second side extending radially from the central axis in a spaced and parallel relationship. The flange includes a plurality of ribs that extend radially relative to the central axis. The ribs project axially from the first side and the second side of the flange and are spaced angularly from one another. The ribs on the first side are angularly offset from the ribs on the second side for dampening vibration and absorbing noise upon a compression of the coil spring.

An impact-absorbing member includes tabular ribs extending in a direction orthogonal to an impact load input direction, and disposed spaced apart in the impact load input direction and parallel to one another; and a load transmitting member connected with width-wise opposite ends of the respective tabular ribs to extend between the tabular ribs on a diagonal with respect to the impact load input direction, for transmitting to each of the tabular ribs an impact load in a form of tensile load directed in a lateral direction, wherein differing levels are established for at least one of: tensile stiffness in the plurality of tabular ribs per se; and transmission efficiency of the tensile load by the load transmitting member, so that load-deformation characteristics of some of the plurality of tabular ribs differ in the impact load input direction.

The invention relates to a scrap steel crusher, which is used for the crushing of waste steel, abandoned cars, and household appliances. The scrap steel crusher comprises a feeding machine (6) with a hydraulic double roller, a main machine (1) of the crusher, a universal shaft (2), a connecting main shaft (4) and a motor (5), wherein the feeding machine (6) comprises a support (6-1), a chute (6-2), an upper roller lifting arm (6-3), a compaction oil cylinder (6-4), an upper pressure roller (6-5), a hydraulic motor (6-6), and a lower pressure roller (6-7), the main machine (1) of the crusher comprises a main shaft roll (1-1), an upper cover body (1-2), an upper box body (1-3), a lower box body (1-4), a feed opening (1-5), a lower screen (1-6), a lower chopping board (1-7), a tilting oil cylinder (1-8), an upper discharge door (1-9), an upper discharge door oil cylinder (1-10), and an inner lining board (1-11), the main shaft roll comprises a main shaft (1-1-4), a partition (1-1-8), a partition sleeve (1-1-5), a hammerhead pin shaft (1-1-9), an extrusion hammerhead (1-1-6) and an impact hammerhead (1-1-7); one end of the connecting main shaft (4) is connected with one end of the main shaft roll through the universal shaft (2), and the other end of the connecting main shaft is connected with the motor. The scrap steel crusher can treat abandoned cars, household appliances, extra-heavy scrap steel and large-sized elements.

A compound vibration damper assembly includes a vertical damping unit fixedly connected at a lower end to a locating surface for absorbing a Z-direction vibration force transmitted to a target apparatus, and a horizontal damping unit connected at a lower end to an upper end of the vertical damping unit and at an upper end to a bottom of the target apparatus for absorbing X- or Y-direction vibration force transmitted to the target apparatus. The vertical damping unit includes a locating base, a central column, a supporting plate, and a vertical vibration force damping member disposed between the supporting plate and the locating base; and the horizontal damping unit includes an horizontal vibration force damping member located between an elastomeric base plate and an elastomeric top plate.

A stick, such as a trekking stick, ski pole or walking stick, is provided with a shock absorber between a first and a second tubular section of a stick shaft that is equipped with a handle and a stick tip. According to the invention, the shock absorber comprises a guide sleeve, which is held in a rotationally fixed manner in a tubular section and In which a damping rod that is held in an axially fixed manner on the other tubular section Is guided and a compression spring device, operating between the guide sleeve and the damping rod. The aim of the invention is to obtain softer shock absorbing characteristics and resilience characteristics that are less abrupt with minimal kickback. This is achieved by the provision of an elastomer spring in the compression spring device, said spring being located in series with a helical compression spring.

This invention relates to a composite damp material with a metal rubber interlayer, in which a metal rubber layer is clamped between a base layer and a restriction layer, the lower surface of the metal rubber layer and the top surface of the base layer, the top surface of the rubber layer and the lower surface of the restriction layer are glued together by adhesives to prepare a composite damp material with a metal rubber interlayer, which replaces traditional rubber materials with metal rubber material having the advantages of anti-corrosion, anti-aging, high and low temperature resistant and not volatile in vacuum.

The invention discloses a compound vibration-isolating and buffering device. By the compound vibration-isolating and buffering device, when an installation space is limited, electronic equipment can work reliably and durably under the conditions of severe vibration and impact. The compound vibration-isolating and buffering device is compounded by a steel rope vibration absorber and a rubber vibration absorber, and is provided with a lower base and an upper pedestal; the lower base is used for bearing the electronic equipment; the upper pedestal encircles a U-shaped border which is arranged on the side of a lower bottom surface and higher than the bottom surface of the lower base; and the upper pedestal which is higher than the bottom surface is arranged on three sides of the lower base surface. The steel rope vibration absorber is symmetrically and horizontally arranged between the lower base and the upper pedestal and is fixed by a bolt to realize the first-order vibration-isolating function in X, Y and Z directions; and the rubber vibration absorber is vertically arranged between the lower base and the upper pedestal and is fixed by a bolt, and the rubber vibration absorber realizes the second-order vibration-isolating, buffering and limiting functions when the device resonates and is impacted. The intrinsic vibration-isolating and buffering conflict of the conventional vibration isolator is solved to a certain extent, and the resonance peak can be reduced quickly.

The invention discloses a method for manufacturing a damping structural piece of an aviation engine supporting system; a shape memorizing alloy wire is manufactured into metal rubber through the combined processes of manufacturing an elastic wire at low temperature, heat setting, winding and full-constraint heat setting; and the damping structural piece which is manufactured through the method has a shape memorizing effect and a variable rigidity characteristic. According to the method for manufacturing the damping structural piece of the aviation engine supporting system, a damping material in the metal rubber structure is integrated with a shape memorizing alloy, and a novel metal structural functional material with the advantages of the metal rubber and the shape memorizing alloy is developed. The material has good damping performance, high deformation capability and high bearing capability, and has the advantages of active and controllable elastic modulus, strong environment adaptability and stable and reliable structure. Because the advantages of the metal rubber and the shape memorizing alloy are integrated, the method can be applied in aviation engine rotor supporting and a non-peak rotor can be realized.

Isolator assemblies and isolators between separate parts or components, and, particularly, multi stage isolators, especially, isolators useful in automotive applications are described. The isolators have a conical cross section, made of the same material as the isolator body, which can flex when in a deflection stage, or can compress in a compression stage, thus allowing for reduced vibration transmission and / or wear or longer life for both the isolator and the parts and components separated thereby.

A user authentication apparatus includes: means for storing biometric authentication information obtained from a user; means for communicating with a electronic equipment, which authenticates the user with the user's biometric authentication information; means for sending, in response to a first inquiry from the electronic equipment, store location definition information, which defines store locations of various output information; and output means for outputting, in response to a read request sent from the electronic equipment to designate a store location defined by the store location definition information, the output information along with identification information which indicates the type of the output information. The output means outputs, to an external device, as one of the output information, along with identification information, authentication information store location information, which describes in a given format where authentication information including the biometric authentication information is stored.

An isolator system for a segmented frame is provided. The isolator system in one example includes a riser block configured to be affixed in a riser aperture of the segmented frame, with the riser block including one or more damper receptacles and one or more corresponding central shafts extending up at least partially through the one or more damper receptacles, one or more elastomeric dampers comprising substantially cylindrical bodies and central bores extending partially through the bodies, with the one or more elastomeric dampers fitting over the one or more shafts and into the damper receptacles, with the one or more elastomeric dampers being formed of an at least partially elastomeric material, and one or more coil springs located over the one or more elastomeric dampers, wherein the one or more elastomeric dampers and the one or more coil springs compress in response to force.

An energy absorption device for providing a softer stop arrangement between a pair of components. A bumper is provided with a cylindrical insert mounted therein. Upon application of force between the components, the compressible bumper collapses around the insert and outward. The insert prevents the bumper from expansion inward of the bumper to limit the amount the bumper compresses and further is made of a flexible material to absorb energy. The combination of the bumper and the insert provides a definite stop to the bumper assembly. The device is usable between any two components to prevent collisions between the components up to a certain force between them and is also usable between a strut assembly and a vehicle suspension to prevent the strut assembly from bottoming out.