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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2011
Marin Besliu, Mississauga, CA;
Marin Besliu, Mississauga, CA;
Messier-Dowty Inc., Ontario, CA;
Abstract
A hydraulic shimmy damper that resolves drawbacks in several known shimmy dampers, such as damping characteristics that are dependent on oil temperature variations. The disclosed shimmy damper includes a hydraulic compensator () having an internal fluid volume that is significantly more important than a fluid volume expelled from the body of the shimmy damper when its piston moves fore and aft. The shimmy damper also includes a hydraulic manifold () arranged between the body and the hydraulic compensator and defining a transfer channel between chambers in the piston that is connected to the hydraulic compensator. The manifold receives interchangeable hydraulic cartridge-type valves (CV,RV; CV,RV) for metering the fluid flowing from the chambers to the transfer channel, and allows the fluid to freely enter the chambers from the transfer channel. The present shimmy damper is therefore much less sensitive to oil temperature variation under intense shimmy.