Patents Assigned to Societe Francaise des Amortisseurs de Carbon
  • Patent number: 6247563
    Abstract: The piston with a valve for a hydraulic damper tube, comprises a piston body (116) having a fluid passage (112) interacting with a floating valve element (115) for controlling in both directions the amount of fluid flowing through the passage. The floating valve element includes a spring washer (115), the deflection (f) of which in the free state is between approximately 0.1 times and approximately 2 times the thickness (e) of the washer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2001
    Assignee: Societe Francaise des Amortisseurs de Carbon
    Inventors: Roland Bourcier De Carbon, Eric Charleux
  • Patent number: 5531299
    Abstract: An obturator device for a pressurized hydraulic damper tube of the single tube type in which slides a piston having an axial piston rod. The obturator device includes a plug, a seal, a fixing mechanism and a cylindrical guide whose central opening guides axial movement of the piston rod. The guide has a guide base and an axial peripheral wall defining a circular housing for supporting and centering the seal and the plug. The seal and plug can be fully received with the circular housing in one embodiment of the invention. The base has a plurality of perforations arranged along a circular path positioned at the bottom of an annular groove formed in the base's upper side. The plug has a central opening whose diameter is greater than the diameter of the piston rod of the tube to define a radial clearance preventing mechanical contact between the plug and the piston rod during operation of the damper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 2, 1996
    Assignee: Societe Francaise Des Amortisseurs de Carbon
    Inventor: Alain Bataille