A fluid damper is provided including a cylinder filled with a damping fluid, a piston base body shiftably guided in the cylinder along a stroke axis, and a valve disk spaced apart from a shell wall of the cylinder. The piston base body divides an inner space of the cylinder into a front space and a rear space along the stroke axis. In the piston base body, there is at least one channel connecting the front space to the rear space in a fluid-conducting manner. The valve disk is shiftably guided along the stroke axis between an opening position unblocking the at least one channel and a closing position closing the at least one channel. The valve disk has a central area extending radially outward from the stroke axis, the central area being free of apertures.

A glove box includes a cover embedded in a dashboard of a vehicle in a state in which a front of the cover is open, a housing having one open surface covered by the cover and selectively opening or closing the front of the cover through a preset rotational trajectory, transfer links each arranged between one of outer ends of the housing and a corresponding one of inner ends of the cover and providing a rotational trajectory of the housing, and an elastic member that corrects rotational forces of the transfer links. The transfer links includes first and second link parts each having a first end rotatably connected to an inner lower portion of the cover and a second end rotatably connected to an outer upper portion of the housing, and being spaced apart from each other with the same length and the same mounting angle.

A glove box includes a cover that is mounted in a dashboard of a vehicle in a state in which a front surface of the cover is open, a housing accommodated in a state in which an open surface thereof is covered by the cover and configured for selectively opening or closing the open front surface of the cover along a preset rotational trajectory, a plurality of transfer links that are arranged between first and second outer ends of the housing and first and second inner ends of the cover and transfer the housing along the preset rotational trajectory, and a damper that is connected between the cover and the transfer links and corrects a rotational force of the housing through length expansion/contraction.

An apparatus is provided for minimizing closing force of a door. The apparatus comprises a housing adapted to be disposed in the hinged edge of the door. A piston is slidably mounted in the bore. A button having an inner end and an outer end is disposed in the bore with the inner end of the button engaging the piston for urging the button toward a first extended position where the button extends from the edge of the door. The button is slidable in the bore relative to the housing for reciprocal movement between the extended position and a second position where the button is depressed into the bore against the force of the piston. The button is disposed so that the outer end of the button engages the door frame for slowing movement of the door in a closing direction as the button is moved into the bore to the depressed second position.

A damper with hidden rail, comprising a shell and a damper, the damper comprises a tension piece, a sliding block, a telescopic cylinder and a limiting piece, the sliding block is slidably mounted in the shell, and the tension piece is connected to the shell and the sliding block; the tension piece is capable of pulling the sliding block to move; the limiting piece is connected to the sliding block, and the telescopic cylinder is mounted on the shell; the limiting piece is provided with a compression surface, one end of telescopic cylinder abuts against the compression surface directly or indirectly, and the telescopic cylinder and the limiting piece have a first relative position and a second relative position; in the process that the tension piece pulls the sliding block, the telescopic cylinder moves; and in the process that the telescopic cylinder moves, the telescopic cylinder is gradually compressed.

A damping unit for damping a movable element of a home appliance has at least two dampers positioned in a housing. The dampers are positioned side-by-side to guarantee a defined series of damping an energy of the movable element. There is also described a home appliance having the novel damping unit.

A damping unit for damping a movable element of a home appliance has at least two dampers positioned in a housing. The dampers are positioned side-by-side to guarantee a defined series of damping an energy of the movable element. There is also described a home appliance having the novel damping unit.

A laundry treating appliance for treating laundry items according to an automatic cycle of operation can include a cabinet defining an interior and having a top panel that at least partially defines an access opening to the interior. A lid is rotatable between a closed position and an opened position to selectively open or close the access opening. At least one hinge assembly couples the top panel with the lid. The at least one hinge assembly can include a lid hinge coupled to the lid and defining an axis of rotation of the lid. A hinge housing is coupled to the top panel and to the lid and configured to receive the lid hinge. A damper housing has a damper receiving portion, with a damper at least partially received within the damper receiving portion.

Mechanism for the movement of a wing of furniture with a downward folding opening, designed to be placed on one side of the furniture item, the mechanism being contained in a box consisting of two half-shells, and including a hinge including a plurality of levers, articulated one in relation to the other, to the box and to the wing for the movement of the latter, one of the levers being able to slide in a track formed in the box, another of the levers being able to rotate around a fulcrum point provided on the box and acting with one of its ends on the front side of a linear slider, the rear side of which acts on one end of a rocker lever, whose other end acts on.

Mechanism for the movement of a wing of furniture with a downward folding opening, designed to be placed on one side of the furniture item, the mechanism being contained in a box consisting of two half-shells, and including a hinge including a plurality of levers, articulated one in relation to the other, to the box and to the wing for the movement of the latter, one of the levers being able to slide in a track formed in the box, another of the levers being able to rotate around a fulcrum point provided on the box and acting with one of its ends on the front side of a linear slider, the rear side of which acts on one end of a rocker lever, whose other end acts on.