Shock absorber piston with floating valve

Abstract

Abstract THE SHOCK ABSORBER VALVING INCLUDES AN UPPER RADIALLY OUTWARDLY DISPOSED ANNULAR SEAT AND A LOWER RADIALLY INWARDLY DISPOSED ANNULAR SEAT AND A FLOATING ANNULAR THIN DISC VALVE ELEMENT HAVING A RADIALLY OUTWARD PORTION ADAPTED TO SEAT AGAINST THE FIRST NAMED SEAT AND A RADIALLY INWARD PORTION ADAPTED TO SEAT AGAINST THE SECOND NAMED SEAT, A FIXED WASHER RIGID WITH SAID LOWER SECOND NAMED SEAT, DISPOSED APPROXIMATELY CO-PLANAR WITH THE VALVE DISC, BUT HAVING AN OUTSIDE DIAMETER SLIGHTLY SMALLER THAN THE INSIDE DIAMETER OF THE ANNULAR VALVE DISC, WHEREBY A NORROW ANNULAR SLIT BY-PASS PASSAGEWAY IS PROVIDED. UNDERLYING SAID WASHER, THE LOWER SEAT MEMBER IS PROVIDED WITH A SERIES OF OPENINGS FORMING CONTINUATIONS OF SAID NARROW SLIT PASSAGEWAY. ALTERNATIVELY, AN ANNULAR GROOVE OR TROUGH CAN BE PROVIDED IMMEDIATELY BENEATH THE SLIT AND A SERIES OF SEPARATE PASSAGEWAYS BELOW THE GROOVE. IMPORTANTLY, THE OUTER PORTION OF SAID VALVE DISC HAS VIRTUALLY LINE CONTACT WITH THE UPPER OUTER ANNULAR SEAT INWARDLY LINE CONTACT WITH THE UPPER OUTER ANNULAR SEAT OF THE DISC AND THE DIAMETER D OF THE CIRCULAR LINE OF CONTACT BEARING THE RELATIONSHIP D-D/D IS EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN APPROXIMATELY 15%.

Inventors

• 👤 Christian Bourcier De Carbon

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