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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 23, 1999
Bernardus Johannes Maria Olde-Heuvel, Haaksbergen, NL;
Petrus Antonius Besselink, Enschede, NL;
Abstract
The invention relates to a linear sliding connection (,) between two structural parts (,). Said structural parts can slide back and forth in relation to each other with a damping effect in at least one of the two directions of movement. The invention is characterised by a mechanical friction damping element with a wire basket (,) which acts as a friction or clamping element. Said wire basket (,) encompasses the first (,) of the two moveable structural parts concentrically on a longitudinal section in such a way that it rests on the outer surface of said first structural part, with one axial end (first basket end,) fixed on the second structural part (,) and the other axial end (second basket end,) positioned on said second structural part in such a way that it is axially slideable in a longitudinal direction. An elastic tension element (,) acts upon said second basket end (,) in an axial direction in such a way that the axial length of the wire basket (,) is stretched to a certain extent. At the same time, it presses essentially radially against the outer surface of the first structural part (,) which it encompasses.