Abstract: The assembly includes three damper shoes that are guided by and wedged transversely between two wedge rings, one having three curved flats and the other having three planar flats that respectively contact conforming contact surfaces of the damper shoes. The assembly is particularly useful in a frictionally damped suspension strut.

Abstract: An illustrative embodiment of the invention relates to a mechanical shock suppressor sensitive to velocity or acceleration of a predetermined level capable of restraining relative movement associated therewith of structures supported by the suppressor. The suppressor comprises frictional engaging portions having compressive means disposed thereon which increase the frictional restraining force only during movements of a predetermined level.

Abstract: The force transmitted to vibration-isolated equipment during a seismic event can be essentially limited to the force generated by the floor input acceleration by a combination of friction restraining devices and energy-absorbing stops constructed into the vibration isolators which support the equipment. The friction restraint devices permit essentially undamped vibration of the equipment during normal operation but provide a frictional force which restrains vibration of the equipment at amplitudes greater than a selected value. Any movement of the equipment in excess of the selected amplitude that results from a floor input force that exceeds the frictional restraining force of the friction restraint devices is limited by the energy-absorbing stops, which transmit to the equipment with a small amplification only the residual of the input force over the frictional force.

Abstract: Apparatus for dampening the closing of a heavy door of the type mounted along a hinge axis on a heavy movable member such as a digging bucket for a shovel, said dampening apparatus comprises a crank pivotally mounted intermediate its ends on said movable member adjacent said hinge axis, linkage means pivotally mounted adjacent one end thereof on said door and pivotally connected adjacent an opposite end to one end of the crank, a cushioning device having a lower pivotal connection pivotally connected to the crank at the end thereof opposite from the first-mentioned end and an upper pivotal connection pivotally connecting the cushioning device to the movable member, and the cushioning device comprises a telescopic rubber snubber.