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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2014
Horizon Hobby, Llc, Champaign, IL (US);
Gregory E. Arends, Mahomet, IL (US);
Horizon Hobby, LLC, Champaign, IL (US);
Abstract
The disclosed dynamic suspension systems include (i) a fluid-filled suspension tube, (ii) a piston rod partially enclosed within the suspension tube, (iii) a first impedance plate coupled to the piston rod and comprising bypass apertures, (iv) a second impedance plate comprising bypass apertures and arranged relative to the first impedance plate to form overlap regions at each point where a portion of a bypass aperture of the first impedance plate overlaps a portion of a bypass aperture of the second impedance plate. In operation, the first or second impedance plates is movable to change a size or number of the overlap regions to adjust a fluid flow rate through the overlap regions to control the speed and/or acceleration of the piston rod as the piston rod moves through the fluid-filled suspension tube.