Patent ID: 6401884
Filing Date: 2002-06-11
Classification: F16F

Abstract:
A fluidic dampening device, which comprises:a housing having a generally sector-shaped chamber with a first side wall, a second side wall, a peripheral wall, and a bottom, said housing also containing a bypass channel having a first port in the first side wall and a second port in the second side wall; a control shaft, said control shaft having indentations of varying sizes formed at distinct points arount the shaft with areas having no indentation between each consecutive pair of indentations, rotatably mounted in said housing so that either no indentation or only one indentation lies within the bypass channel at a given time; a faceplate sealingly mounted to the top of said housing; and a wiper rotatably mounted within said housing and having dimensions such that said wiper sealingly moves past said faceplate, said housing at the bottom of the chamber, and the peripheral wall.