Shock strut

Claim 1

A SHOCK STRUT INCLUDING A CYLINDER, A HOLLOW PISTON MEMBER RECIPROCABLE INSIDE THE CYLINDER HAVING A CLOSED END, AN ORIFICE TUBE FIXED TO AND EXTENDING FROM THE CLOSED END INTERNALLY OF THE CYLINDER, AN ORIFICE PLATE FIXED TO THE LOWER END OF THE ORIFICE TUBE, A RELIEF PISTON GUIDE ABOVE THE ORIFICE PLATE, AN ORIFICE IN THE ORIFICE PLATE, A RELIEF PISTON SHAFT INTEGRAL WITH AND DEPENDING FROM THE RELIEF PISTON GUIDE THROUGH THE ORIFICE, A TRANSVERSE BULKHEAD IN THE PISTON ASSEMBLY INTERMEDIATE ITS ENDS, AN APERTURE IN THE BULKHEAD, THE RELIEF PISTON SHAFT PASSING THROUGH THE APERTURE, A RELIEF PISTON INTEGRAL WITH THE RELIEF PISTON SHAFT BELOW THE BULKHEAD, AN AXIAL APERTURE IN THE RELIEF PISTON SHAFT FROM ITS UPPER END TO A POINT JUST ABOVE THE RELIEF PISTON, LATERAL APERTURES THROUGH SAID RELIEF PISTON SHAFT JUST ABOVE THE RELIEF PISTON COMMUNICATING WITH THE AXIAL APERTURE, AND AN ELASTIC FLUID PRESSURE MEDIA IN THE CHAMBER DEFINED BY CYLINDER AND PISTON.