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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2018
Itt Manufacturing Enterprises Llc, Wilmington, DE (US);
Christopher Kudla, Pendleton, NY (US);
Jeffrey T. Kelly, Orchard Park, NY (US);
Marshall W. Downing, Erie, PA (US);
John T. Koscielniak, Blasdell, NY (US);
Jeffrey N. Weisbeck, Orchard Park, NY (US);
Gregory Herman, Hamburg, NY (US);
James Senneff, Buffalo, NY (US);
ITT Manufacturing Enterprises LLC, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A shock absorbing apparatus includes a flexible membrane defining an accumulator cavity, and a compression assembly defining a compression cavity. The compression assembly is disposed within the flexible membrane such that viscous fluid contained within the cavities may be exchanged therebetween by a damping orifice, fluid conduit and or valve mechanism. The accumulator cavity deforms in response to the application of a transmitted impact load, and is capable of storing and releasing potential energy in response to the application and cessation of the transmitted impact load.