An actuator including a housing, an actuator rod and a snubber assembly. The actuator has an axis, the housing has a first end and an aperture positioned at the first end of the housing, and the actuator rod extends through the aperture along the axis of the actuator. The snubber assembly is mounted at the first end of the housing, and includes one or more energy absorbing devices. The snubber assembly is positioned on the housing such that an axis of each of the one or more energy absorbing devices is offset relative to the axis of the actuator. The snubber assembly is configured such that the one or more energy absorbing devices provide bidirectional end-of-stroke damping.

A hydraulic assembly includes a barrel having a head port disposed proximate an end of the barrel, a piston assembly disposed within the barrel and movable relative thereto, the piston assembly including a bore terminating at a back wall, the bore defining a longitudinal axis, and a plunger at least partially received within the bore and translatable along the longitudinal axis. The plunger includes a main body having an end facing the head port, a shoulder extending radially-outwardly from the main body, and a passageway extending through the main body. A spring is disposed in a first region defined between the shoulder and the back wall, the spring configured to exert a biasing force on the shoulder.

An apparatus for damping an actuator includes an inerter. The inerter includes a first terminal and a second terminal movable relative to one another along an inerter axis and configured to be mutually exclusively coupled to a support structure and a movable device actuated by an actuator. The inerter further includes a rod coupled to and movable with the first terminal and a threaded shaft coupled to and movable with the second terminal. The inerter further includes a flywheel having a flywheel annulus coupled to one of the rod and the threaded shaft. The flywheel is configured to rotate in proportion to axial acceleration of the rod relative to the threaded shaft in correspondence with actuation of the movable device by the actuator.

Cushion holes are provided in cover members, tubular cushion rings are provided on a piston and a piston rod so as to be insertable into and withdrawable from the cushion holes as the piston moves, cushion packings capable of slidably contacting the outer circumference of the cushion rings are mounted to be movable in an axial direction, in mounting grooves formed on inner walls of the cover members constituting the cushion holes, the cushion packings each include a plurality of protrusions extending from the outer circumferential surface to the side surface near the piston and disposed circumferentially alongside one another, and cushioning grooves that extend in parallel with the axis of the cushion rings and whose cross-sectional area changes are formed on the outer circumferential surface of the cushion rings.

An actuator includes a piston assembly movably disposed within an assembly housing having a fixedly supported end and an opposing end that receives a movable piston assembly. The piston assembly includes a piston rod and an attached piston head having a fixed orifice as well as an orifice with a check valve to create rate control of the assembly. Hydraulic fluid is caused to move through the axially movable piston head based on compressive and tensile loads imparted to the assembly. A plurality of pre-loaded springs are configured to selectively provide pressure relief in the event the orifices of the piston become clogged, wherein the plurality of pre-loaded springs, such as disc springs, further provide an energy absorbing function of the assembly based on loading conditions.

A blow cylinder and a method for actuating the same are provided. The blow cylinder includes a blow piston and a brake piston, wherein the brake piston is controlled independently of the actuation of the blow piston towards the extended position.

Provided is a hybrid servo actuator for a crash test, and more particularly, a hybrid servo actuator for a crash test in which an operating part including a piston and a rod, a chamber supplying an air pressure to the operating part, and a controller controlling a movement of the operating part are integrally formed, thereby increasing a moving speed in a stroke direction of the operating part more than in a general hydraulic cylinder and pneumatic cylinder. The actuator includes an oil pressure cushion type cushion part provided therein to absorb a shock generated by a shock of an operating part even at the time of a malfunction of the operating part and discharge an oil pressure generated by the shock to the outside and thus is used semi-permanently.

A hydraulic cylinder for operating a work element of a work vehicle includes—a housing defining an inner volume and a piston slidably movable inside the housing in tight manner so as to divide the volume into two fluidly separated portions. The piston is connected by a rod to the work element. The housing defines two openings respectively connected to the two fluidly separated portions for allowing the passage of a fluid in pressure so as to move accordingly the piston. The hydraulic cylinder also includes a cushioning device configured to dampen the movement of piston inside the volume when it receives a sudden movement coming from the work element through the rod. The hydraulic cylinder also includes stroke variation means configured to vary the positioning of cushioning device inside the volume so as to vary a dampened stroke of piston.

A linear actuator system includes a linear actuator including an outer body, an inner body disposed within the outer body, a fluid chamber at least partially extending between the inner body and the outer body, a piston chamber extending at least partially within the inner body, a valve configured to selectively fluidly couple the fluid chamber and the piston chamber to each other, a piston assembly including a piston, a variable volume within the piston chamber that extends between the piston and the valve, and a gas collector assembly including a fluid passageway. The piston assembly is disposed within the piston chamber, wherein a movement of the piston assembly causes a gas separated from a liquid within the variable volume to flow through the fluid passageway, through the valve, and into the fluid chamber.

Cushion holes are provided in cover members, tubular cushion rings are provided on a piston and a piston rod so as to be insertable into and withdrawable from the cushion holes as the piston moves, cushion packings capable of slidably contacting the outer circumference of the cushion rings are mounted to be movable in an axial direction, in mounting grooves formed on inner walls of the cover members constituting the cushion holes, the cushion packings each include a plurality of protrusions extending from the outer circumferential surface to the side surface near the piston and disposed circumferentially alongside one another, and cushioning grooves that extend in parallel with the axis of the cushion rings and whose cross-sectional area changes are formed on the outer circumferential surface of the cushion rings.