Abstract:
An apparatus for modularly adjusting a shock absorber includes a base, a plurality of pins, and a selecting mechanism. The pins are connected to the base. The selecting mechanism can select at least one of the pins to control at least one valve of the shock absorber.
Abstract:
A cylinder body is partitioned by a partition into a first chamber that is divided from an outside by a cap body and a second chamber accommodating a piston body. A flow channel communicating the first chamber and the second chamber with each other is formed in the partition, and a shaft is projected from the partition onto the first chamber side. The cap body includes a through-hole, the shaft is inserted movably in the through-hole from a reference position along an axis line direction of the cylinder body. There is provided a throttle structure that changes a gap between the through-hole and the shaft when the cap body moves from the reference position by a pressure change generated by a movement or a relative movement of the piston body.
Abstract:
A damper device includes a cylinder body and a piston body, and at least one of the cylinder body and the piston body is adapted to attach to an object to be damped for damping a movement or a relative movement of the object to be damped. A communication hole which communicates inside and outside of the cylinder body is formed in an inner back portion of the cylinder body. Also, a valve body is provided for reducing a flow volume of a fluid passing through the communication hole by moving from a standard position while elastically deforming at least one portion due to a pressure change caused by the movement or the relative movement of the piston body.
Abstract:
A damper device includes a cylinder body and a piston body. At least one of the cylinder body and the piston body is attached to an article subject to damping so that the damping is applied to a movement or a relative movement of the article subject to the damping. The damper device has a run-through hole formed in an inner recess part of the cylinder body facing the piston body, and a stopper body having a shaft part, which is inserted into the run-through hole. A dimension of insertion of the shaft part of the stopper body into the run-through hole changes by a change of pressure caused by a movement of the piston body.
Abstract:
A suspension system, particularly for a pedal-driven vehicle, comprising a telescoping strut having first and second telescopingly and coaxially engaged members, and having a damping system comprising a damping fluid, a damping piston connected to a piston rod, an inertia-activated compression fluid flow control mechanism and a pressure-activated compression fluid flow control mechanism disposed in the first telescoping strut. The inertia-activated compression fluid flow control mechanism comprises a valve body biased by a valve spring into a first position over a radial groove formed on the piston so that the valve body prevents fluid flow through an inertia-activated compression fluid flow circuit in response to force inputs imparted to the vehicle frame. The valve spring and valve body are connected to the piston rod which extends into the first telescoping member and is attached to the vehicle wheel, such that the valve body may be moved into a second position permitting fluid flow through the inertia-activated compression fluid flow circuit by force inputs imparted to the vehicle wheel. Because the inertia-activated fluid flow control mechanism is inertia-activated and not pressure-activated, a force impact imparted to the vehicle wheel results an fluid flow through both the pressure-activated and inertia-activated flow circuits, whereas force inputs such as from pedalling, weight shifting and acceleration or deceleration forces do not result in flow through the inertia-activated circuit. The suspension system therefore resists the absorption of pedal drive energy, provides a ride-leveling effect, and provides a broad range over which the damping system may be adjusted.
Abstract:
A shock absorber with provisions for independent external adjustment of both rebound and compression pressure sensitive valving. The shock absorber makes use of a rebound tube located internal to the piston rod to transmit fluid from the rebound chamber to an external line. External lines from both the rebound and compression chambers are connected to an external valving reservoir. The valving reservoir contains separate rebound and compression metering devices. The metering devices are externally adjustable and consist of spring loaded needles.
Abstract:
A ship in which a string of heavy pipe is raised or lowered vertically beneath the ship at a substantially constant velocity in spite of heaving movement of the ship. The equipment for raising and lowering the pipe string is supported by the vessel through a heave compensation mechanism that permits vertical movement of the ship relative to the pipe raising and lowering mechanism. The heave compensation mechanism is a passive damped pneumatic-hydraulic spring system for isolating the vertical movement of the ship from the pipe raising and lowering equipment. The spring system operates over a very wide range of load imposed by the raising, lowering and supporting of a very long heavy pipe string.
Abstract:
Provided is a shock absorber that includes a middle chamber formed by a piston, a first damping-force generating device that is provided between an upper chamber and the middle chamber and generates a damping force, a second damping-force generating device that is provided between a lower chamber and the middle chamber and generates a damping force, and a position-based state changing device that changes a state of a passage to a state in which the upper chamber and the lower chamber communicate with each other, a state in which the upper chamber and the middle chamber communicate with each other, or a state in which the lower chamber and the middle chamber communicate with each other depending on a position of the piston.
Abstract:
A front fork includes an inner cylinder disposed inside an inner tube, a piston rod moving with an outer tube, a piston attached to a lower end portion of the piston rod and sectioning an oil chamber in the inner cylinder into a lower oil chamber and an upper oil chamber and a damping force generating portion at an outside of the inner tube having a first damping force generating portion generating resistance in working oil flowing in one direction in an external flow path, a second damping force generating portion disposed in series with the first damping force generating portion in the external flow path to generate resistance in working oil flowing in the other direction, and a pressurization portion having an oil reservoir chamber communicated to an intermediate oil chamber and pressurizing working oil in the intermediate oil chamber.