A shock absorber includes a suspension spring configured to bias the shock absorber main body in an extension direction; a jack; and a spring bearing driven by the jack. The jack includes a housing and a piston. The housing includes a cylindrical portion disposed on an outer periphery of an outer shell. The piston is inserted between the outer shell and the cylindrical portion. The spring bearing has a fitting length is longer than a fitting length of the piston with the housing in a state where the piston maximally exits from the cylindrical portion.

An insulator is implemented such that a lower structure member to be brought into contact with a floor surface allows an upper structure member on which a piano is placed to be suspended through a cantilever spring member and a first wire, and a second wire connects the upper structure member and the lower structure member to each other in the horizontal direction, and the insulator thus functions so as to maintain intrinsic sound generated by the piano by free vibration in pendulum motion using the upper end of the first wire as a pivot, and richness of the sound is enhanced and transmission to a floor surface is inhibited, and, further, vibration caused by a key and a pedal being operated by a performer is reduced by elasticity of the cantilever spring member and the tensile force that acts on any of the second wires, and the performer does not feel uncomfortable with the operation.

An insulator is implemented such that a lower structure member to be brought into contact with a floor surface allows an upper structure member on which a piano is placed to be suspended through a cantilever spring member and a first wire, and a second wire connects the upper structure member and the lower structure member to each other in the horizontal direction, and the insulator thus functions so as to maintain intrinsic sound generated by the piano by free vibration in pendulum motion using the upper end of the first wire as a pivot, and richness of the sound is enhanced and transmission to a floor surface is inhibited, and, further, vibration caused by a key and a pedal being operated by a performer is reduced by elasticity of the cantilever spring member and the tensile force that acts on any of the second wires, and the performer does not feel uncomfortable with the operation.

A system for mitigating an impact force is provided. The system a helmet having a face mask attached thereto, and the face mask includes a first portion; and a second portion. The first portion and the second portion are separated by a gap and held together via a biasing member. A force received by the first portion is at least partially transferred to the second portion via the biasing member, wherein a fraction of the transferred force is returned to the first portion, the fraction being less than the force received.

A mass flow controller includes an inlet, a flow path in which fluid passes, a mass flow sensor configured to provide a signal corresponding to mass flow of the fluid through the flow path; a control valve configured to regulate a flow of the fluid out of an outlet of the mass flow controller; and a passive damping system coupled to the control valve and configured to dissipate fluid flow induced vibrations introduced by the control valve assembly. The passive damping system includes a damping pad between a receiver section of a valve base and a diaphragm backer. The passive damping system can also include a damping washer. The passive damping system can include one or more plunger balls between the damping pad and the valve base or one or more wave springs.

A damper having a hydraulically-adjustable preload. The damper includes a main damper cylinder, a damping piston and a damping rod movable within the main damper cylinder. A surface feature and a sleeve with a preload flange are coupled to a portion of an exterior surface of the main damper cylinder. The sleeve is movable with respect to the surface feature in a direction along the axis of the main damper cylinder. A spring is located surrounding a portion of the external surface of the main damper cylinder, and has one end abutting the preload flange and another end coupled to the damper. The sleeve and the surface feature are disposed such that a change in an amount of hydraulic fluid between the sleeve and the surface feature causes the preload flange to change a preload on the spring.

A system for mitigating an impact force is provided. The system a helmet having a face mask attached thereto, and the face mask includes a first portion; and a second portion. The first portion and the second portion are separated by a gap and held together via a biasing member. A force received by the first portion is at least partially transferred to the second portion via the biasing member, wherein a fraction of the transferred force is returned to the first portion, the fraction being less than the force received.

A system for mitigating an impact force is provided. The system a helmet having a face mask attached thereto, and the face mask includes a first portion; and a second portion. The first portion and the second portion are separated by a gap and held together via a biasing member. A force received by the first portion is at least partially transferred to the second portion via the biasing member, wherein a fraction of the transferred force is returned to the first portion, the fraction being less than the force received.

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to pneumatic pogo sticks having features that allow for the jumping and/or landing characteristics of the pogo stick to be varied. These characteristics may even be modified by a user during use. For example, the housing of the pogo stick may have multiple air chambers and air may be selectively transferred between the multiple air chambers. The transfer of air may change the volume, air pressure, compression ratio, and spring-characteristics of the one or more air chambers in which air is compressed during the compression stroke of the pogo stick. These changes will affect the jumping and/or landing characteristics of the pogo stick and in some cases may allow the user to obtain a greater jump height. At the same time, these features may also allow the pogo stick to be collapsed so that it can be easily stored, packaged, and transported.

A system includes a device, a support structure, and a flexure bearing configured to connect the device to the support structure. The flexure bearing includes an outer hub and an inner hub, where the hubs are configured to be secured to the support structure and to the device. The flexure bearing also includes multiple sets of flexure arms connecting the outer hub and the inner hub, where each set of flexure arms includes symmetric flexure arms. The flexure bearing further includes multiple bridges, where each bridge connects one of the flexure arms in one set of flexure arms to one of the flexure arms in an adjacent set of flexure arms.