Patents Assigned to GGODRICH CORPORATION
  • Patent number: 9303709
    Abstract: A shock damper is disclosed. The shock damper may have a variable shear control apparatus through which a shear-thickening fluid may flow. In this manner, the shock damper may compress at different rates for different applied impulse forces, in response to the changing viscosity of the shear-thickening fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: GGODRICH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Enrico Manes, Connie E. Bird, Louis Chiappetta, Jr.