Solar tracker systems include a torque tube, a column supporting the torque tube, a solar panel connected to the torque tube, and a damper assembly. The damper assembly includes a first end pivotably connected to the torque tube and a second end pivotably connected to the column. The damper assembly further includes an outer shell, a piston within and moveable relative to the outer shell, a first chamber wall and a second chamber wall within the outer shell at least partially defining a chamber, and a valve within the chamber. The valve includes a first axial end defining a slot and is biased to a first position within the chamber in which the first axial end is spaced from the first chamber wall. The valve is moveable within the chamber from the first position to a second position to passively change a flow resistance of the damper assembly.

Described is a gas spring (200), comprising a guide (2), having an outer surface (212), a slider (1), defining with said guide (2) at least one chamber (11) containing pressurised gas, said slider (1) being slidably connected to said guide (2) in such a way as to have a maximum stroke, of expansion, wherein said guide (2) is partially extracted from said slider (1), and a maximum stroke, of compression, characterised in that it comprises a bushing (3), positioned between said slider (1) and said guide (2), comprising sealing means for the tightness of the chamber (11), and removably coupled and so as to move integrally with said slider (1) up to said maximum stroke, in such a way that, when said slider (1) slides with respect to said guide (2) beyond said maximum stroke, said bushing (3) decouples from said slider (1) so as to eliminate the seal of the chamber (11).

A vibration damper for a vehicle may include an outer tube, a middle tube, and an inner tube arranged coaxially. A seal receiving element may be arranged between the inner tube and the middle tube on each side of a middle tube opening facing towards tube ends of the middle tube. A radially encircling sealing element may be arranged in the seal receiving element, and the sealing element may seal the middle tube compensation space relative to the outer tube compensation space at least with respect to damping medium. The seal receiving element may be configured at least partially as a coating element. The coating element may be disposed on the inner tube or the middle tube in a substance-to-substance bonded manner.

A bumper cap for a damper, the damper including an outer tube with a tube end. A rod extending through the tube end. The damper including a damping fluid, such as a hydraulic oil, that is movable within the damper in response to movement of the rod to provide a damping effect. The bumper cap has a cup shaped body having a side wall and a base, the side wall having an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface having a dimension that is sized to be press fit over the outer tube. The base of the bumper cap has a through hole in the base, the through hole configured to have the rod pass therethrough. The base has at least one fluid passage extending away from the through hole that is in fluid communication with a fluid reservoir in the side wall.

The present invention relates to a gas spring comprising a first element, a second element, and a limit, wherein the second element comprises a first chamber and a first opening for accessing the first chamber, the first element is fixable to a reference plane and comprises a second chamber), a second opening for accessing the second chamber, and external walls, and is inserted into the first chamber through the first opening, wherein said first and second elements are movable and reciprocally slide along an axis, wherein the limit comprises a stem and a head adapted to slide through the second opening into the second chamber parallel to the axis so as to limit the maximum travel of the second element to the extension of the external walls of the first element, wherein said first and second chambers communicate through an existing play between said stem and said second opening, and the second element slides through the first opening along the external walls of the first element.

In a liquid sealing bush, in an outer peripheral surface (13os) of an intermediate tube (13), a main seal protrusion portion (23) extending over an entire length in a circumferential direction and pressed against an inner peripheral surface (11is) of an outer tube (11) is separately provided at each position sandwiching a liquid chamber (15) and an orifice passage (16) from both sides in an axial direction, and in the outer peripheral surface (13os) of the intermediate tube (13), an outer seal protrusion portion (22) extending over the entire length in the circumferential direction and pressed against the inner peripheral surface (11is) of the outer tube (11) is separately provided at each position sandwiched between two main seal protrusion portions (23) in the axial direction and sandwiching the liquid chamber (15) and the orifice passage (16) from both sides in the axial direction, in which, in at least one of two outer seal protrusion portions (22), a recessed portion (24) recessed inward in a radial direction and penetrating in the axial direction is formed in a portion separated from the liquid chamber (15) in the circumferential direction.

In one aspect, a rotary device is provided, and includes a shaft adapter, a chambered member, a seal member and at least one internal torque transfer member. The shaft adapter is connectible to a crankshaft or accessory shaft and defines an axis. The chambered member (e.g. a pulley) is rotatably connected to it, and at least partially encloses a chamber (e.g. for oil), and includes a circumferential portion, a first side wall, and a second side wall which is a separate member from the circumferential portion. One of the circumferential portion and the second side wall has projections thereon, and the other has valleys that mate with the projections with no clearance, so as to be able to transfer a torque of at least 10 Nm into one another without plastic deformation. A seal member is compressed between the second side wall and the circumferential portion.

This shock absorber includes a piston main body and a piston band. The piston main body has, at an outer peripheral portion thereof, a stepped portion including a large-diameter surface portion, a stepped surface portion and a small-diameter surface portion. The piston band has, at an outer peripheral portion thereof, a large diameter portion, a medium diameter portion formed so as to have a smaller diameter than the large diameter portion, and a small diameter portion formed between the large diameter portion and the medium diameter portion so as to have a smaller diameter than the medium diameter portion, in a state before being disposed in a cylinder. At one end on the side close to a tip portion of a piston rod, an inner peripheral surface is inclined toward the piston main body side from the large-diameter surface portion to a small-diameter surface portion of the stepped portion.

The disclosed invention relates to the mechanical engineering industry, in particular, transport, exercise and medical training machines or appliances. The rotary hydraulic damper has a body that is formed by two hermetically connected base members in the form of cups which are directed to each other by their open parts and installed on an axle and are suitable for reciprocal oscillations. Internal surfaces of the body form a cavity in which partitions with transfer holes are installed and divide the cavity into chambers at that one end of each partition is fixed in turn on an internal end face of one or another base member and opposite ends of the partitions remain free. The axle is unloaded and dampening takes place due to oscillations of the base members and transfer of working fluid from one chamber into another.

A solar tracker system includes a torque tube, a solar panel assembly attached to the torque tube, a housing defining a chamber and a fluid passageway extending from the chamber, and an active lock connected to a seal configured to prevent a flow path of fluid while in a sealed state and allow the flow path of fluid in an unsealed state. The system further includes a controller in communication with the torque tube and the active lock. The controller is programmed to receive a command to place the solar panel assembly in a stowed position, instruct the torque tube to rotate the panel assembly to a stowed angle corresponding to the stowed position, monitor a current angle of the panel assembly, compare the current angle to the stowed angle, and instruct the seal to transition to the sealed state when the current angle is equal to the stowed angle.