Patent ID: 7182188

Claim:
A damping system, comprising: a housing having an inner surface defining a passage therethrough; a first bellows disposed within the housing passage, the first bellows having an outer surface and spaced apart from the housing inner surface to define a first chamber having a volume; a second bellows disposed within the housing passage, the second bellows having an outer surface and spaced apart from the housing inner surface to define a second chamber having a volume; a restrictive flow passage in fluid communication with the first and second chambers; fluid disposed within the first chamber the second chamber, and the restrictive flow passage; a piston coupled to at least the second bellows and disposed within the housing passage, the piston configured to selectively receive a force to thereby move the piston through the restrictive flow passage to increase the first chamber volume and decrease the second chamber volume or to decrease the first chamber volume and increase the second chamber volume; and a temperature compensator bellows coupled between the first bellows and the piston, the temperature compensator bellows configured to compensate for expansion and contraction of the fluid during temperature changes.