A balancer device includes a housing including a tubular body section and also including a front end plate and a rear end plate that block opposite ends of the body section in a direction of an axis; a rod that extends through the front end plate in a thickness direction thereof and that is supported such as to be movable in the direction of the axis; a movable member that is fixed to the rod and that is accommodated within the housing; a compression coil spring that is disposed between the movable member and the rear end plate; and a coupling member that couples the rod and the rear end plate to each other with play that is larger than a stroke of the rod in the direction of the axis.

An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a shock absorber including a piston valve configured to be in a tube, a body valve installed at a lower side of the tube, a piston rod configured to having one end protruding while penetrating the piston valve, an upper guide member interposed between the piston valve and the body valve and having a plurality of upper guide flow paths formed outside a periphery of the upper guide member, and a plurality of upper guide holes formed inside the periphery of the upper guide member, and a hollow cylindrical expansion member having expansion through-holes through which the fluid having passed through the plurality of upper guide flow paths and the plurality of upper guide holes passes, the hollow cylindrical expansion member being configured to block the upper guide flow paths when the hollow cylindrical expansion member adjoins the upper guide member.

A strain energy dissipative device for tensile loads with self-centering capability comprising: a housing accommodating a first pivoting rigid element and a second pivoting rigid element, connected in corresponding intermediate positions to corresponding first and second rigid connecting rods; an interconnecting rigid element, connected to the first rigid connecting rod, second rigid connecting rod and to a system of linear resilient elements; a mechanical system, connected to the housing, for deforming the resilient element system; first and second load transmission ring systems in contact with the first and second pivoting rigid elements, respectively, and sliding in their corresponding length; and a cylindrical shaft for transferring the external tensile load to the first and second load transmission ring.

A shock absorber includes a cylinder, a sleeve provided so as to surround the outer circumferential surface of the cylinder, the cylinder formed of a different material from a material for the cylinder, first and second springs provided along the outer circumferential surface of the sleeve, and a slider provided between the first spring and the second spring, and capable of being displaced in an axal direction. The materials for the cylinder and the sleeve are a combination of materials that causes corrosion due to a contact of either one of those with the other one of those. A corrosion inhibitor is provided which suppresses an occurrence of corrosion on the cylinder or on the sleeve. In one embodiment, the materials are metals.

A coupled-beam energy harvesting damper (CBEHD) is disclosed. The device includes a support structure, at least one coil-bearing beam, and at least two magnet-bearing beams positioned adjacent the coil-bearing beam. One or more coils wound on a coil spool are secured along the coil-bearing beam, and at least one magnet assemblyincluding a permanent magnet within a housing pipespans between adjacent magnet-bearing beams and passes through a bore of at least one coil spool. Relative motion between the beams under external excitation induces an electromotive force (EMF) in the coils, thereby converting vibrational energy into electrical power. The CBEHD may operate as an energy harvester, a vibration damper, or both. Arrays or containerized systems of CBEHDs provide scalable, multi-directional deployment across structural and fluid-interactive environments.

A coupled-beam energy harvesting damper (CBEHD) is disclosed. The device includes a support structure, at least one coil-bearing beam, and at least two magnet-bearing beams positioned adjacent the coil-bearing beam. One or more coils wound on a coil spool are secured along the coil-bearing beam, and at least one magnet assemblyincluding a permanent magnet within a housing pipespans between adjacent magnet-bearing beams and passes through a bore of at least one coil spool. Relative motion between the beams under external excitation induces an electromotive force (EMF) in the coils, thereby converting vibrational energy into electrical power. The CBEHD may operate as an energy harvester, a vibration damper, or both. Arrays or containerized systems of CBEHDs provide scalable, multi-directional deployment across structural and fluid-interactive environments.

A front fork according to the present invention includes: a fork main body including a vehicle body side tube and an axle side tube; a cap body attached to a vehicle body side tube; a cylinder provided in the axle side tube; a cylindrical rod axially movably inserted into the cylinder; an electric device housed in the cylinder; and a wire that is inserted into the rod, passes through the cap, and is drawn out from the fork main body and is connected to the electric device, in which the connection tube and the rod in the cap are connected by a connection nut that is rotatably mounted on an outer circumference of one of the connection tube and the rod and is restricted in movement in the axial direction toward the other, and screwed to the other.

An aerial vehicle with a chassis; one or more dampers coupled to chassis; and a gimbal sleeve configured to couple to a gimbal of the aerial vehicle, the gimbal sleeve at least partially extending into the chassis, the gimbal sleeve comprising: a tube structured to couple with a gimbal connector of the gimbal, and an attachment mechanism configured to couple the tube to the chassis.

A shock absorber, including: a first cylindrical body; a second cylindrical body surrounding an outer peripheral surface of the first cylindrical body and provided movably in a direction of an axis of the first cylindrical body with respect to the first cylindrical body; a spring provided between the outer peripheral surface of the first cylindrical body and an inner peripheral surface of the second cylindrical body and applying a force in a direction of separating the first cylindrical body and the second cylindrical body; and a spring seat portion that is a cylindrical body provided between the outer peripheral surface of the first cylindrical body and the inner peripheral surface of the second cylindrical body and supporting an end portion of the spring in the axis direction, the spring seat portion being made of resin and being arranged movably in a direction intersecting the axis direction.

A vibration damper includes an end-stop control valve that progressively adds end-of-stroke damping force to complement the damping force provided by a main piston. The end-stop control valve may include a valve piston assembly that has a valve piston insert, a piston that is disposed radially outside the valve piston insert, and a valve disc stack-up that is supported on a hub of the valve piston insert and a valve seat of the piston. The valve piston insert and the piston may be arranged so as to be longitudinally movable relative to one another. Consequently, the preload of the valve disc stack-up increases as the valve piston assembly contacts a catch piston and begins end-of-stroke damping. Transitioning from an initial preload to a maximum preload during the end-of-stroke damping event progressively increases damping resistance and thereby improves NVH characteristics.