Magneto-rheological fluid device
AssigneeBoard of Regents of the University and Community College System on Behalf of the University of Nevada-Reno, The University of Reno
InventorsFaramarz Gordaninejad, Shawn P. Kelso
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Abstract
A magneto-rheological fluid device including a housing defining a cavity, a piston slidably disposed in the cavity to divide the cavity into first and second portions, a passage defined on an exterior surface of the piston fluidly coupling the first and second portions of the cavity, a magneto-rheological fluid disposed in the cavity such that motion of the piston is damped by flow of the magneto-rheological fluid through the passage and a magnet disposed to produce a magnetic field within the cavity substantially parallel to the motion of the piston at the exterior surface of the piston.
Claims18
A magneto-rheological fluid device, comprising:
- a housing defining a cavity;
- a piston slidably disposed in the cavity, the piston dividing the cavity into first and second portions;
- a passage defined on an exterior surface of the piston fluidly coupling the first and second portions of the cavity;
- a magneto-rheological fluid disposed in the cavity such that motion of the piston is damped by flow of the magneto-rheological fluid through the passage;
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- a magnet disposed to produce a magnetic field within the cavity substantially parallel to the motion of the piston at the exterior surface of the piston.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.