A vehicle suspension energy reclamation generator for converting vertical movement of a vehicle in motion into electrical energy is disclosed. The vehicle suspension energy reclamation generator includes a vertically collapsible frame, a frame biasing spring configured to expand the frame to a…
A vibration damper with a damper piston which is arranged in a main tube with hydraulic medium and can be moved to and fro in an axial direction relative to the main tube. The main tube is arranged in a container tube, wherein an intermediate tube is arranged between the main tube and the container…
A shock absorber (10) comprising a housing (22) that includes a compression volume (23) and an extension volume (25); a piston (26) disposed in the housing and that in a first mode moves through at least a portion of a compression stroke to pressurize hydraulic fluid in the compression volume and…
A hydraulic fluid reservoir fluidly couple to a shock absorber. The hydraulic fluid reservoir having a flexible housing, a fluid channel, and a pump provided along the fluid channel. The flexible housing having a flexible wall defining a first interior, with the first interior a variable volume of…
An accumulator for a vehicle suspension damper, which includes an outer shell with an open end that connects to an accumulator port on the damper and a distal end, opposite the open end, which includes an end wall that extends radially inward to a gas charging port. A bellows assembly, which…
An inductive shock absorber for a motor vehicle is provided having a cylindrical damper tube and a damper rod. A related method for operating a shock absorber is also provided.
A suspension system for a vehicle is provided. A linear regenerative suspension system that converts mechanical energy into storable electrical energy is also provided. The system utilizes pistons, one on each side of the vehicle, engaged with a vehicle body at a distal end and having a fluid…
Disclosed herein a suspension system includes a damper in which a piston valve is movably provided in a chamber inside a cylinder; and an actuator coupled to a side portion of the cylinder to communicate with the chamber inside the cylinder; wherein the actuator comprises a rotating body in which a…
An energy conversion assembly including an input shaft coupled to a first annular gear through a first direction limiting device configured to allow rotation of the first annular gear in a first direction and substantially inhibit rotation of the first annular gear in a second direction. The input…
A regenerative shock absorber that include a housing and a piston that moves at least partially through the housing when the shock is compressed or extended from a rest position. When the piston moves, hydraulic fluid is pressurized and drives a hydraulic motor. The hydraulic motor, in turn, drives…
Described herein is an apparatus for obtaining predetermined damping characteristics and performing a simultaneous energy recovery in a regenerative shock absorbers that envisage a transformation of the linear motion of the piston rod of a shock absorber into a rotary motion of the shaft (11) of an…
The damper (2) has a housing-fixed stator (22) arranged with a rotor (20) and a gear box. The gear box is connected with a drive lever (6). A housing portion (24) is attached with the gear box. A damper housing (14) is arranged with the housing portion. A torque-proof component is connected to a…
The damper has gear boxes (26, 28) formed as planetary gears with ring wheels (30, 32), planetary wheels (38, 42) and sun wheels (40, 44). Stator housing (20) formed as a gear element is integrated in the gear boxes, and a rotor (22) of a generator is connected with the sun wheels of the respective…
An air spring (1) with a distance measurement sensor (100), an energy transforming unit (200), a first mounting element (10) being adapted for being mounted to a first vehicle portion (2) and a second mounting element (20) being adapted for being mounted to a second vehicle portion (3) is provided…
The recovery system (10) has a chassis (2) and a pair of wheels (4). A hydraulic tank (12) is adapted to store the hydraulic fluid. A high-pressure accumulator (14) is adapted to store the hydraulic medium under high pressure. The hydraulic tank and the high pressure accumulator are fluidly…
The present invention relates to a system for generating compressed air in an automobile having an energy converter (4), a secondary compressor (2) and a tank (1). The energy converter (4) has an inlet shaft (21) connected to an element of a suspension system (20) and an outlet shaft (22). The…
The present invention relates to a shock absorber (1a) with variable damping effect, particularly for vehicles. The shock absorber comprises a first element (2a) and a second element (3a), which is connected to the first element (2a) and can move with respect to the first element (2a), and elements…
A system in a vehicle suspension having an actuator includes a clamp circuit powered by movement of the actuator to generate a passive damping characteristic of the actuator.
A vehicle suspension has one or more hydraulic cylinders (22) connecting an axle to a frame of the vehicle (10) and each cylinder has a first and second chambers (24,26). The suspension operates in either a regeneration mode, in which a fluid path is provided between the first and second chambers…
The method involves turning the delivery of the medium to the system (1-10,14) on and off depending on a temperature signal and switching the feed off if the temperature signal exceeds a temperature limit. The limit value is specified depending on the counter pressure produced by the pressurized…
A vehicle system component is provided with an electrical charge to resist corrosion. Preferably, the electrical charge is generated by movement of components adjacent to the suspension component. Friction surfaces may be placed in contact with each other such that and heat is generated upon…