Patent ID: 6922869

Claim:
A damper apparatus for damping movement between a first and a second element, said apparatus comprising: an elongate housing secured to the first element, said housing having a first and a second end, said housing defining a bore which extends between said ends of said housing, and said housing having an outer surface that defines a slot; a rotor secured to the second element, said rotor including a first and a second portion, said first portion of said rotor being rotatably disposed within said bore of said housing, and said second portion including a support that extends beyond said second end of said housing so that said support is externally located relative to said bore; a biasing device having a first and a second termination, said biasing device extending between said second portion of said rotor and said housing for rotationally biasing said rotor relative to said housing, said biasing device being disposed on said support of said rotor such that said biasing device is externally located relative to said bore, and such that said first termination of said biasing device is anchored within said slot of said outer surface of said housing; and a seal disposed between said first and second portions of said rotor, said seal cooperating with said bore for sealing said bore relative to said second portion of said rotor such that in use of said apparatus, damping fluid sealed within said bore by said seal dampens rotational movement of said rotor relative to said bore when said rotor is rotationally biased so that movement between the first and second elements is dampened.