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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Faramarz Gordaninejad, Reno, NV (US);
Everet O. Ericksen, Newport, MI (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 9/53 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 9/53 ;
Abstract
A damper includes a housing, a piston, and a magneto-rheological (MR) fluid. The piston is movably disposed within the housing such that the piston divides an interior of the housing into first and second cavities and a passage defined in the piston couples the first and second cavities. The passage includes at least a disk shape space within the piston defined between by two substantially parallel surfaces. The MR fluid damps motion of the piston by a flow of MR fluid through the passage, and a magnet produces a magnetic field within at least the disk shape space of the passage.