Patent ID: 9605405
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: E02F,F15B,F16F

Claim:
1. A snubber for a machine, the snubber comprising: a housing configured to be mounted on an implement of the machine; a shaft rotatably received within the housing and operatively coupled to a movable component of the implement; a pinion coupled to the shaft, a cylinder at least partly disposed within the housing, the cylinder defining a cavity therein; a piston slidably received within the cylinder, the piston dividing the cavity of the cylinder into a first chamber and a second chamber; a rack coupled to the piston, the rack configured to engage with the pinion to convert a rotation of the shaft into a linear movement of the piston; and a hydraulic device in fluid communication with the cavity of the cylinder, the hydraulic device configured to control a flow of a fluid between the first chamber and the second chamber to oppose the rotation of the shaft.