Filing Information

Inventor(s)	Michel Domer ·
Assignee(s)	Hutchinson-Mapa ·  View assignee updates
Attorney/Agent(s)	Larson & Taylor ·
Primary Examiner	Duane A. Reger ·
Application Number	US6147346
Filing date	05/07/1980
Issue date	09/07/1982
Predicted expiration date	05/07/2000
U.S. Classifications	267/140.4  · 267/153  ·
International Classifications	F16F 308  ·
Kind Code	A
International Classifications	267139;140;140.1;140.3;141;141.1;141.2;141.3;141.4;141.5;151-153;63 R ·
Foreign Priority	FR7912115 - 05/11/1979 ·

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Abstract

The shock absorber comprises two stacks, of alternated metallic plates and elastic blocks mutually encircling one another. The blocks of each stack are borne by the plates of the other and are constituted of an elastomer different from that constituting the blocks of the other stack.

Independent Claims | See all claims (10)

1. 1. Shock absorber comprising two concentric adjacent stacks, each stack having a plurality of metallic elements and elastic elements arranged with the metallic elements and elastic elements alternating with each other in each stack, the metallic elements and elastic elements arranged to bear one against the other upon compression of the shock absorber, said elastic elements of each stack being borne by the metallic elements of the other stack and wherein the elastic elements of the two stacks are constituted respectively of elastomers having different deformation and damping characteristics.