Abstract: A hydraulic shock absorber comprises a cylindrical chamber (3), which is closed at one end and in which is axially slidably guided a piston member 85), supported by a piston rod (8) and at its peripheral surface carrying a surrounding non-slotted elastic ring element (6), the peripheral piston member surface being conically converging in a direction away from the closed chamber end and the inner surface of the ring element also conically converging in the same direction, the ring element (6) furthermore being axially reciprocably mounted on the piston member (5) between a first rigid abutment 84) at the end of said member (5) closest to the closed and (10) of the chamber (3), and a second rigid abutment (7) on the piston member (5) at a spacing from the first abutment (4) exceeding the axial length of the ring element (6).

Abstract: A hydraulic shock absorber comprises a cylindrical chamber (3), which is closed at one end and in which is axially slidably guided a piston member 85), supported by a piston rod (8) and at its peripheral surface carrying a surrounding non-slotted elastic ring element (6), the peripheral piston member surface being conically converging in a direction away from the closed chamber end and the inner surface of the ring element also conically converging in the same direction, the ring element (6) furthermore being axially reciprocably mounted on the piston member (5) between a first rigid abutment 84) at the end of said member (5) closest to the closed and (10) of the chamber (3), and a second rigid abutment (7) on the piston member (5) at a spacing from the first abutment (4) exceeding the axial length of the ring element (6).

Abstract: Improvement in a bucket-equipped loading machine, particularly a so-called wheel loader, having at one end of the machine a loading bucket which is supported for raising and lowering movements by a pair of lift arms, journalled in the machine, and which is pivotally connected with the free ends of said arms and lockable in position relative thereto.

Abstract: A spring suspension system allowing movements between the drive compartment and a frame portion of a heavy duty vehicle with a plurality of degrees of freedom and with a frequency range of from as low as about 1 Hz and up to 5000 Hz and more, comprises at least one axially operative spring member formed with a rigid cylindrical outer surface and mounted between the compartment and frame portion of the vehicle. The spring member is connected to one of these vehicle components by a supplemental elastomeric spring which surrounds the cylindrical outer surface of the spring and the spring member is connected to the other of the vehicle components by an articulation.