Patent ID: 9371883
Filing Date: 2016-06-21
CPC Classification: F16F

Claim Text:
1. An inertial terrain transit event manager apparatus suitable for managing initial impact forces as well as controlling rebound shock effects, said apparatus comprising: (1) an elongated hollow cylinder having a solid end wall with a pre-sized opening, a closed solid end wall, at least two oppositely positioned solid sidewalls, and an extended internal bore volume; (2) a pressure-resistant compartment barrier disposed independently in transverse position within said internal bore volume between said oppositely positioned sidewalls of said hollow cylinder, said disposed compartment barrier being a discrete structural interface which completely and permanently divides said extended internal bore volume of said cylinder into two constructed, separated, and adjacently located internal closed cells wherein each of said adjacently located internal closed cells exists as a constantly present closed cell having a confined spatial region; (3) a constantly present gas-containing compartment constituted as one of said adjacently located closed cells existing internally within said cylinder, said constituted internal gas-containing compartment including (4) a constantly present hydraulic fluid-containing compartment constituted as the other of said adjacently located closed cells existing internally within said cylinder, said constituted internal hydraulic fluid-containing compartment including (5) an operative reciprocating piston mechanism disposed within said hollow cylinder and concurrently is moveable through said established confined spatial region of said constantly present gas-containing compartment and said pressure-resistant compartment barrier and said set confined spatial region of said constantly present hydraulic fluid-containing compartment, said reciprocating piston mechanism being comprised of (6) intrinsic damping-force control means joined to that portion of said reciprocating piston mechanism which is located solely within said set confined spatial region of said constantly present hydraulic fluid-containing compartment and which will interact in-situ with said viscous hydraulic fluid, wherein said intrinsic damping-force control means comprises a discrete preformed damping article which (7) at least one annular gap of temperature variable size which is located within said set confined spatial region of said constantly present hydraulic fluid-containing compartment and which exists as an open channel pathway between said intrinsic damping-force control means and a sidewall of said constantly present hydraulic fluid-containing compartment, each said annular gap serving as (8) extrinsically activated damping-force electronic control means positioned in-part externally to said hollow cylinder and disposed in-part within said extended internal bore volume of said hollow cylinder, wherein said extrinsically applied damping-force electronic control means includes