Shock-absorber cylinder having an adjustable length and/or shock-absorbing effect
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorsXavier Kern, Guillaume Degodet
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Abstract
A shock-absorber cylinder includes at least one hollow body, at least one piston which slides in the hollow body and divides it into first and second chambers which are filled with at least one solid and resiliently deformable filling material, at least one rod connected to the piston, first and second anchoring points which are secured respectively to the hollow body and to the rod. Filling the chambers of the shock-absorber cylinder with a solid and resiliently deformable filling material makes it possible to simplify the setting of the length of the shock-absorber cylinder and/or the adjustment of its shock-absorbing effect.
Claims17
A shock-absorber cylinder comprising:
- at least one hollow body, which has a cylindrical side wall as well as first and second end walls at each end of the side wall;
- at least one piston, which can slide in the hollow body between the first and second end walls and divides the hollow body into first and second chambers;
- at least one rod, which can move along a longitudinal direction, passes through the second end wall and extends between first and second ends, the first end of the rod being connected to the piston;
- first and second anchoring points which are secured respectively to the hollow body and to the rod;
- wherein the first and second chambers are filled with at least one solid and resiliently deformable filling material, which is in liquid form during filling of the chambers.
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