Abstract: A hood bumper for a vehicle having a hood including: a housing having a wall, a base, an internal chamber, and an opening to the internal chamber. The wall having an interior surface and an exterior surface. the interior surface defines the internal chamber. The hood bumper further including a biasing mechanism operably connected to the housing and a plunger operably connected to the biasing mechanism and configured to receive an exerted force from the hood. The hood bumper further including a bumper head operably connected to the housing and a support frame operably connecting the bumper head to the housing. The plunger is configured to first move into the bumper head to absorb an impact force to the hood, next the bumper head compresses to further absorb the impact force, and then the support frame collapses to even further absorb the impact force.

Abstract: A device for fastening an air spring to a body portion of a motor vehicle, at least comprising an air spring cover, wherein the air spring cover comprises at least one fastening means, by means of which the air spring can be connected to the body portion of the motor vehicle, wherein, for attachment of the air spring, the fastening means is plugged through an opening of the body portion and is fixed to said body portion in a force-fitting manner by a securing element, wherein a first and a second plastics part are provided for acoustic decoupling of the air spring, wherein the first plastics part, is clamped between the body portion and the securing element, and the second plastics part is provided so as to be positioned below the body portion.

Abstract: A vehicle has a body, a high-voltage accumulator that is mounted on the body by fastening elements, and at least one central connector which differs from the fastening elements and is designed to support the body on the high-voltage accumulator. The central connector is in the form of a hydraulic bearing that extends between the body and the high-voltage accumulator.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a portable container system comprising a container which comprises a floor, four upwardly-extending sidewalls, wherein at least one of the sidewalls is hinged to allow the at least one sidewall to open outwardly, and a top wall. The system also comprises a plurality of skids contained within the container. Each skid comprises a base and one or more upwardly extending members; and one or more cabinets mounted on the base or one or more upwardly extending members, wherein the one or more cabinets comprise: control power distribution panel cabinets, human-machine interface cabinets, programmable logic controller-redundancy cabinets, network cabinets, or remote I/O cabinets.

Abstract: Provided is a support structure for a plurality of electrically actuated brake fluid pressure generation devices provided in a vehicle in which automated driving is enabled, the brake fluid pressure generation devices being configured to generate brake fluid pressure. The support structure includes a support member (a first bracket, a second bracket, and an actuator bracket) via which a brake actuator and a brake unit are supported by frame members forming a storage chamber separated from a vehicle cabin. The support member is supported by the frame members at two points. The brake actuator and the brake unit are mechanically connected to each other via the support member.

Abstract: A membrane for a hydraulically damping mount includes a first leg, a second leg and a base interconnecting the two legs. In embodiments, in an average thickness of one of the two legs is at least twice as thick as that of the other leg. A hydraulically damping mount with such a membrane is also disclosed.

Abstract: A roll mount device for a vehicle includes: a front mount configured to be connected to a power train; a rear mount configured to be connected to a vehicle body; and a rod disposed between the front mount and the rear mount. The front mount comprises: a core configured to be connected to the power train to receive vibration transmitted from the power train; an outer pipe disposed outside the core and spaced from the core by a predetermined distance with respect to a radial direction of the core; an elastic body disposed between the core and the outer pipe to absorb vibration transmitted thereto from the core; and a stopper disposed on an outer surface of the core to be spaced from an inner surface of the outer pipe by a predetermined distance.

Abstract: A vehicle suspension system includes a suspension arm connected to a vehicle frame or body. A wheel is supported by the suspension arm and a shock absorber is connected between the vehicle frame or body and the suspension arm. The shock absorber includes a first mounting fitting having a first connecting structure, a second mounting fitting having a second connecting structure and a monolithic elastomeric body molded around the first connecting structure and the second connecting structure.

Abstract: A mounting arrangement for mounting a rotary engine to an aircraft structure, wherein the engine has a three orthogonal axes comprising: a roll axis; a pitch axis; and a yaw axis. The mounting arrangement comprises: one-degree-of-freedom links with reaction axes passing through the roll axis. A separate roll constraint has a moment reaction about the roll axis to decouple the torque roll mode from the other one-degree-of-freedom links.

Abstract: A shock absorber is provided that includes a shock body and a shaft assembly. The shock body has an inner chamber. The inner chamber is defined by a cylindrical interior surface. At least one groove is formed in the interior surface within at least one select length of the shock body. A piston of the shaft assembly is received within the inner chamber of the shock body. The piston includes valving to allow dampening matter that is received within the inner chamber to pass through the piston to allow the piston to move within the inner chamber. The at least one groove that is formed within the interior surface is configured to allow at least some of the dampening matter to bypass the valving of the piston to allow the piston to move through the at least one select length with less resistance.

Abstract: A fluid-filled tubular vibration-damping device including: an inner shaft member and an outer tube member connected elastically; a non-compressible fluid filling region formed between the members; and a partition wall rubber partitioning the filling region into fluid chambers at axially-opposite sides thereof connected by an orifice passage, wherein the partition wall rubber protrudes into the filling region on one of inner shaft member side and outer tube member side, while a concave groove opens to the filling region extending in a peripheral direction on an other of the sides, and a tip part of the partition wall rubber is inserted in the concave groove without being compressed in an axis-perpendicular direction and is configured to be axially pressed against an inner face of the concave groove to constitute a sealer fluid-tightly obstructing a space between the partition wall rubber and the inner face.

Abstract: An isolation mount assembly includes a rubber isolator formed to be seated within an aperture in a supported member, with an extension located on an exterior surface of the isolator; and includes a washer containing an aperture corresponding with a location of the extension. The isolator may include a through-hole and an inner sleeve, and be seated within a supported member. A method for temporarily securing a washer to a rubber isolator includes aligning an aperture in the washer to a corresponding securing feature on the isolator, inserting the securing feature through the aperture, pulling a detached end of the securing feature, pushing the washer towards the isolator until it makes contact with the surface of the isolator, and releasing the detached end of the securing feature. An exemplary method may include trimming or deforming an excess part of the extension after releasing the detached end.

Abstract: Structurally tunable cores are described that can be implemented, for example, in aircraft components. An example flex beam for coupling a rotor blade to a rotor hub includes a first composite laminate, a second composite laminate, a third composite laminate, first resilient core members and second resilient core members. The first composite laminate forms a first skin of the flex beam. The second composite laminate is located opposite the first composite laminate and forms a second skin of the flex beam. The third composite laminate is located between the first composite laminate and the second composite laminate. The first resilient core members extend between the first composite laminate and the third composite laminate. The second resilient core members extend between the second composite laminate and the third composite laminate.

Abstract: The present invention is a vibration damping device (1, 2) that includes an external member (11, 21) attached to one of a vibration-generating portion and a vibration-receiving portion; a tubular member (40) attached to the other of the vibration-generating portion and the vibration-receiving portion; and an elastic body (30) which connects the external member (11, 21) and the tubular member (40). The external member (11, 21) includes a frame-like member (11, 21) having a rectangular shape when viewed from the top.

Abstract: An engine mount for a vehicle may include a support bracket including a mounting hole formed in one end portion thereof, an engine-mounting plate provided at an opposite end portion thereof to be connected to an engine, and a coupling portion protruding from an external surface of the one end portion thereof; a fluid-filled assembly including a hook cup configured to be inserted into the mounting hole in the support bracket; and a rubber assembly configured to be mounted to a vehicle body, wherein, in a state in which the fluid-filled assembly is inserted into the mounting hole in the support bracket, the fluid-filled assembly is stacked on a top surface of the rubber assembly, and a housing of the rubber assembly is coupled to the coupling portion of the support bracket.

Abstract: A vibration damping device including: an inner member; an outer bracket including a tubular part having an inner hole, and an end wall covering an opening of the tubular part; an intermediate member having a bent part, and first and second attachments provided at opposite sides of the bent part, while being inserted in the inner hole such that the first attachment is superposed on an inner face of the tubular part while the second attachment is axially superposed on the end wall; a main rubber elastic body elastically connecting the tubular part and an end portion of the inner member inserted in the inner hole, and elastically connecting the inner member and the attachments of the intermediate member that are bonded thereto; first and second fixtures fixing the first and second attachments to the outer bracket, respectively.

Abstract: A shock absorber with lubricated bearings for an aircraft landing gear includes a piston that is received in a cylinder, and an upper bearing fixed to the piston that slidably engages an inner surface of the cylinder. A lower bearing extends inwardly from a lower portion of the cylinder and engages an outer surface of the piston. The lower bearing has a center axis and defines an annular bearing surface configured to slidably engage the piston outer surface. The annular bearing surface has a first portion that extends circumferentially more than one hundred eighty degrees about the center axis at a constant radius, defining a circular annular segment. A second portion closes the circular annular segment and defines a shallow channel or pocket in the annular bearing surface. In some embodiments the lower bearing further comprises oppositely disposed frustoconical thrust portions.

Abstract: A junction with an antivibration base body joined to its outer periphery is equipped with a chamfer portion where a corner connecting a flange portion to the junction is removed, a base portion connected to the chamfer portion in the axial direction, and an end portion connected to the base portion in the axial direction. At the base portion, a first projection plane made by being projected in a first direction orthogonal to the axis is substantially the same in area as a second projection plane made by being projected in a second direction orthogonal to the axis and the first direction. At the end portion, the area of the second projection plane is set to be larger than the area of the first projection plane.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for identifying degradation of active engine mounts coupled to a vehicle engine. By correlating the monitored vibrational pattern to a selected active mounts operating mode, the conditions of active engine mounts may be distinguished. Timely diagnosis of active engine mounts may improve active engine mount health and prevent noise, vibration, and harshness (NVH) issues.

Abstract: An anti-vibration device (1) includes a tubular first attachment member (10), a second attachment member (20), an elastic body (70), and a separating member (50) that separates a liquid chamber in the first attachment member into a main liquid chamber (80) and a secondary liquid chamber (90). A tapered surface (502) decreasing in diameter towards another side in the axial direction is formed on an end on the other side in the axial direction of an outer circumferential surface of the separating member, a bend portion (101) bent to follow the tapered surface is formed on an end on the other side in the axial direction of the first attachment member, and an end (301) on the outer circumferential side of a diaphragm (30) is sandwiched between the tapered surface and the bend portion.

Abstract: An engine mount for a vehicle includes: a core which is made of a plastic material and attached to an outer circumferential surface at a lower end of a main rubber body; and a cover which is coupled to the core to close a lower opening of a bracket, in which the core and the bracket are assembled by coupling the core and the cover and then inserting a hook formed on the core into a groove formed in an inner wall surface of a body of the bracket.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for manufacturing a hydraulic engine mount. During assembly, one or more gel caps may be inserted into a chamber of the engine mount, the chamber is then filled with a fluid and sealed to allow the gel caps to dissolve. Upon dissolving, the gel caps may release air bubbles to reduce pressure differentials across the engine mount to reduce occurrence of cavitation and NVH issues.

Abstract: A tubular vibration-damping device having a bracket including a tubular vibration-damping device press-fitted and attached into a tubular bracket, the tubular vibration-damping device including an inner shaft member, an outer tube member made of synthetic resin and disposed on an outer peripheral side of the inner shaft member, and a main rubber elastic body connecting the inner shaft member and the outer tube member. An inside projection is integrally formed with the outer tube member so as to project radially inwardly. A gap is provided between an outer peripheral surface of the outer tube member and an inner peripheral surface of the tubular bracket at a position in a peripheral wall part of the outer tube member where the inside projection is formed.

Abstract: Provided is an anti-vibration device which is provided between a vibration-side bracket attached to a vibration member and a non-vibration-side bracket attached to a non-vibration member, the anti-vibration device including: a first attachment member attached to the vibration-side bracket; a second attachment member attached to the non-vibration-side bracket; and an insulator provided between the first attachment member and the second attachment member, wherein the first attachment member includes a stopper portion which faces an engagement portion formed on the non-vibration-side bracket, and the insulator includes a cover portion which covers at least a surface of the stopper portion facing the engagement portion.

Abstract: A multidirectionally deflectable engine mounting apparatus includes a laterally oriented base surface and a longitudinally extending elongate shaft having a laterally oriented shaft flange. The shaft flange is longitudinally adjacent to the base surface. A resilient washer is located directly longitudinally between the base surface and the shaft flange. A top plate includes a plate aperture. The shaft extends longitudinally through the plate aperture. The top plate is attached directly to the base surface with the resilient washer and the shaft flange located longitudinally between the base surface and at least a portion of the top plate.

Abstract: A liquid-filled bushing (1) includes an inner tube (11) and an outer member (12). The outer member (12) defines a pair of liquid chambers between the outer member (12) and the inner tube (11), and an orifice portion (13) in which an orifice passage (24) which communicates with the liquid chambers is formed. An elastic body (14) which elastically connects together the orifice portion (13) and the inner tube (11) is provided. The pair of liquid chambers are individually disposed on both sides between which the inner tube (11) is interposed. A first protrusion portion (11a) which protrudes outward in the radial direction and is fitted into the elastic body is formed in the inner tube (11), and a second protrusion portion (28) which protrudes inward in the radial direction and is fitted into the elastic body (14) is formed in the orifice portion (13).

Abstract: A suspension system for an engine includes an engine mount and an electronic control unit. The engine mount has spring characteristics that are switchable between first spring characteristics and second spring characteristics. The electronic control unit is configured to switch the spring characteristics of the engine mount to the first spring characteristics when the rotational speed of the engine is lower than a predetermined rotational speed, and torque of the engine is equal to or larger than a predetermined torque. The electronic control unit is configured to switch the spring characteristics of the engine mount to the second spring characteristics when the rotational speed of the engine is lower than the predetermined rotational speed, and the torque of the engine is smaller than the predetermined torque.

Abstract: A fluid dispenser device including a body and a reservoir, and an opening mechanism. The device includes an inhalation piece and an inhalation trigger system that has a deformable air chamber and a trigger element, such that during inhalation through the inhalation piece, the air chamber is deformed and the trigger element actuates the opening mechanism. The air chamber has a deformable side body; an open first end including a peripheral edge that surrounds an opening forming the inlet of the hollow pouch; and a second end forming the bottom of the hollow pouch. The said second end includes a connection mechanism for connecting the air chamber to the trigger element. The side body is in the form of a bellows having bellows portions arranged axially one after another, the bellows-forming side body has bellows portions having outside and/or inside diameters that are different.

Abstract: A method and mount assembly comprising a screw mechanism including a sleeve rotatable relative to the first housing and defining an internal screw-thread for adjusting the stiffness in the mount assembly in a vehicle. A collar non-rotatably secured to the plate and extends axially into the sleeve and defines an external screw-thread engaging the internal screw-thread of the sleeve. The internal screw-thread and the external screw-thread are self-locking in a static condition and prevent relative rotation between the sleeve and the collar below a predetermined force therebetween. A fluid pressure in the first housing overcomes the predetermined force and causes the sleeve to rotate from the static condition for moving the collar and the plate axially to change the stiffness of the pad.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a liquid-charged antivibration device for reducing amplitude dependency. Provided is a liquid-charged antivibration device including: a liquid chamber in which operating liquid is charged; and a partitioning member which partitions the liquid chamber into a main liquid chamber and a sub liquid chamber.

Abstract: A system for securing a powertrain component to a body structure of a vehicle may include first and second mounts each having a base and a first elastomeric barrier secured to and extending from the base defining an air filled chamber, and a connector coupling the air filled chambers, the connector sized to provide an associated air volume that reduces stiffness of the first elastomeric barrier at an excitation frequency corresponding to a target engine speed. The air filled chambers may be hermetically sealed and pressurized above atmospheric pressure. The system may include a fluid-filled switchable mount having a decoupler air pocket selectively coupled to a vacuum source or atmosphere with an expander integrated with the mount or as a separate component coupled between the decoupler air pocket and the vacuum source. The expander may be implemented as a Helmholtz resonator or may include an in-line expansion chamber.

Abstract: A system is provided for suppressing undesired brake pad motion during brake application, and for installing and removing brake pads utilizing the inventive arrangements. The brake pads and a carrier mount having complementary surface features that retain the brake pad when the brake pad is in its installed position, and a brake pad biasing structure that biases the brake pad in the radially outward direction to bias the contact faces of the mount horn and the brake pad against one another to suppress brake pad kick and vibration and related wear and component fatigue. The radially-outward biasing force may be applied by a spring-loaded plunger located within a bore of a mount horn of the brake pad carrier against a radially-inner surface of a portion of the brake pad extending laterally over the mount horn.

Abstract: A hydraulic mount having an upper liquid chamber defined above a nozzle plate mounted therein and a lower liquid chamber defined below the nozzle plate, and configured such that hydraulic liquid filled therein flows through a path defined in the nozzle plate to the upper and lower liquid chambers may include a disc-shaped membrane, and a spring having a shape of a ring into which an edge of the membrane is fitted, and mounted in a mounting recess that is formed in the nozzle plate, in which the spring includes a body portion to which the membrane is fastened, an upper ring portion provided above the body portion, and a lower ring portion provided below the body portion.

Abstract: An electromechanically actuated vehicle brake having a hydraulically and/or mechanically actuated piston and at least one spindle-nut-arrangement. The invention further relates to a piston. To prevent unnecessary play, vibration, noises between adjacent components it is proposed that in the area of a coupling between the spindle-nut-arrangement and the piston at least one compensating element be provided, which prevents unwanted component oscillations.

Abstract: One variation may include a product comprising a top mount for a strut comprising a first shell portion and a second shell portion and a main resilient or elastomeric element housed by the first shell portion and the second shell portion, the resilient or elastomeric element being split into at least two pieces and construct and arranged to receive a portion of a strut rod. One variation may include a product for using in a strut top mount comprising an outer shell and a main resilient or elastomeric element received in the outer shell, the main resilient or elastomeric element being split into at least two pieces and being constructed and arranged to receive a portion of a strut rod.

Abstract: A device for transmitting or decoupling mechanical vibrations between a first component and a second component with at least one of the first and the second components being free to vibrate in the at least one direction including: a planar coupling element, coupling the first and second components together, having a planar top surface and a planar bottom surface, and having a variably adjustable stiffness extending in the at least one direction; the planar coupling element, having planar dimensions with the planar coupling element being dimensionally stable along the planar dimensions and being elastic in a direction perpendicular to the planar surfaces; the first and second components are rotatable relative to each other about an axis extending in the direction perpendicular to the planar surfaces and in which at least one of the components is free to vibrate for adjusting the stiffness.

Abstract: A vibration-damping device (10) includes a first attachment member (11) having a cylindrical shape connected to any one of a vibration generating unit and a vibration receiving unit, a second attachment member (12) connected to the other unit, an elastic body (13) configured to connect both of the attachment members, and a partition member (15) configured to divide a liquid chamber (16) in the first attachment member (11) into a main liquid chamber (17) having a wall surface formed partly from the elastic body (13), and a subsidiary liquid chamber (18).

Abstract: In one or more embodiments, a vibration-isolating bracket assembly includes an elastic donut including a main aperture, a first bracket including a tongue with at least a portion thereof being received within the main aperture, the tongue including a first through-aperture, a first portion of the elastic donut being received within the first through-aperture, and a second bracket to support the elastic donut.

Abstract: A hydraulic unit for a braking system of a vehicle includes a body with actuator-side and brake-side ports. Inlet and outlet valves are positioned in the body and operable to selectively supply and relieve hydraulic fluid to/from the wheel cylinder of a brake via the brake-side port. A damper is positioned in the body for damping pressure pulsations in the hydraulic fluid. The damper is selectively operable in a first state having a first damping characteristic, and in a second state having a second damping characteristic different from the first damping characteristic.

Abstract: A temperature adaptive fluid damping system is provided. One embodiment of the temperature adaptive fluid damping system comprises two fluid chambers, a piston in fluid communication with the fluid chambers, and a fluid path between the fluid chambers. An elastomeric retaining element adjacent to the fluid path is constrained to deform substantially perpendicular to the fluid path, so that the retaining element is operable to vary the cross-sectional area of the fluid path inversely to a change in temperature.

Abstract: The invention relates to a shielding device with a shielding element and at least one fastening eyelet for fastening the shielding device to a counterpart fastening piece and for receiving a fastening element. The fastening eyelet is movably supported in a fastening opening of the shielding device. The fastening eyelet is supported by a resiliently embodied coupling device so that the fastening eyelet is resiliently supported relative to the shielding element in an axial direction and is movable in the fastening opening relative to the shielding element in at least one radial direction when acted on with friction force. To produce friction force, radially outer regions of the coupling device cooperate in a resiliently prestressed fashion with sliding zones of opposing outsides of the shielding element.

Abstract: A liquid sealed-in vibration damper respectively connected with two members that perform a relative displacement includes an elastic member, which is provided therein with a liquid chamber in which a liquid is sealed. When a direction from a side of the liquid sealed-in vibration damper connected with one of the two members to a side of the liquid sealed-in vibration damper connected with the other of the two members is set to an extension direction of the elastic member, a recess is provided in a region between an end portion on a side of the elastic member connected with any one of the two members and the liquid chamber, the recess being recessed in a direction orthogonal to the extension direction up to a position where a position of the recess in the orthogonal direction is located at an inner side of the liquid chamber.

Abstract: An example mount assembly includes a first chamber, at least partially defined by a first elastomeric element and a second chamber, at least partially defined by a second elastomeric element. The assembly also includes an inertia track having a central opening defining an axis. The inertia track defines a serpentine passage in fluid communication with the first chamber and the second chamber. The inertia track is moveable along the axis relative to the first elastomeric element and the second elastomeric element.

Abstract: A pseudo-linear hydro-pneumatic isolation spring includes a cylinder having an interior partially filled with a hydraulic fluid as well as a piston assembly that is movably disposed within the cylinder including a piston head and a piston rod. A plurality of accumulators are fluidically connected to the interior of the cylinder in parallel, each of the accumulators being charged to a different pressure and size so as to actively engage the cylinder only after a threshold pressure force based on fluid displacement of the piston in the cylinder has been reached.

Abstract: A hermetically sealed damper assembly includes a sealed damper housing, a plunger, and a load transferring member coupled to the plunger. The sealed damper housing includes a body having a cavity and a resistive flow path defined therein. The cavity and resistive flow path are filled with a viscous fluid. The body includes a plurality of springs integrally formed therein. The plunger is disposed within the cavity, and separates the cavity into a first control volume and a second control volume. The resistive flow path provides fluid communication between the first and second control volumes. The plunger is coupled to the damper housing by the plurality of springs such that the springs provide a restorative force to the plunger. The load transferring member is configured to transmit mechanical loads to the plunger.

Abstract: A Tuned Mass Damper (TMD) for damping oscillations of a hanging vertical pump structure includes a removable mass symmetrically configured within the pump structure diameter and supported by a mechanism which provides damped mobility relative to the pump structure so as to absorb and dampen pump vibrations and oscillations. The TMD mass is easily removable before tipping of the pump between horizontal and vertical orientations during maintenance. In some embodiments, the TMD mass comprises fluid pumped by the pump to fully or partially fill a housing, the fluid being gravitationally drained therefrom when the pump is not operating. In other embodiments the TMD mass is supplied by removable solid weights. Damped mobility is provided by springs damped by mechanical or fluid friction, or by obstructed movement of fluid within a partially filled housing. In embodiments, the TMD mass is at least 5% of the total mass of the pump structure.

Abstract: The invention relates to a spring device for a vehicle seat, in particular a utility vehicle seat having at least one air spring arranged between a seat part and a lower part for the height adjustment (5) of the seat part and having a control device for controlling the supply and discharge of at least one additional air volume to or from the air spring, wherein at a predefined run in and/or run out position (9) of the air spring, the additional air volume that can be supplied or discharged can be changed or switched off by means of the control device such that inclines in the profile of a force-path air spring characteristic (1; 1a, 1b, 1c) of the air spring in a first and in at least one further range (2, 3,4) are different from one another. Furthermore, a description is given of a method of springing a vehicle seat.

Abstract: A self-centering damper has an elongated damping body and at least one returning device. The elongated damping body has at least one elongated-sheet shape first wing plate and a supporting element connected to and extending from the first wing plate. The at least one returning device is connected to the damping body and has two holding ribbed-plates respectively connected to the end segments of the damping body, a supporting ribbed-plate securely connected to the damping body between the holding ribbed-plates and at least one pre-stressed stay wire extending through the supporting ribbed-plate and connected the holding ribbed-plates in a tension condition.

Abstract: A vehicle kinetic energy management system includes a first main body having a passive magnetic component movable therewith and a second main body movably attached to the first main body for reciprocal movement there between. The second main body includes an active magnetic component movable therewith and magnetically communicating with the passive magnetic component. One of the first and second main bodies being adapted for engagement with a vehicular component that experiences irregularities of a surface on which the vehicle travels, and the other main body engaging a load-bearing portion of the vehicle for which isolation from vibrations is desired. Interaction of the active and passive magnetic components in response to relative movement of the first and second main bodies translates between reciprocating kinetic energy associated with the vehicle motion over the surface irregularities and electrical energy associated with the active magnetic component.

Abstract: A self-centering damper has an elongated damping body and at least one returning device. The elongated damping body has at least one first wing plate and a supporting element connected to and extending from the first wing plate. The at least one returning device is connected to the damping body and has two holding rib plates respectively connected to the end segments of the damping body, a supporting rib plate securely connected to the damping body between the holding rib plates and at least one pre-stressed stay wire extending through the supporting rib plate and connected the holding rib plates in a tension condition.