Magnetorheological (MR) piston ring and MR damper having same

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8490762
APP PUB NO 20120138399A1
SERIAL NO

13396054

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A magnetorheological (MR) piston ring includes an MR-piston-ring body disposable within a cylinder of an MR damper along a central longitudinal axis. The MR-piston-ring body has a radially inner surface defining a boundary of a longitudinally-extending MR passageway. The MR-piston-ring body includes a surface portion which is slidingly engagable with the cylinder and which has first and second longitudinal ends. The surface portion includes at least one surface groove each defining a secondary MR passageway and extending between the first and the second longitudinal ends. The surface groove is substantially straight and tilted with respect to a line drawn on the surface portion parallel to the central longitudinal axis. An MR damper including the MR piston ring is also described.

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  • BWI COMPANY LIMITED S.A.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Lopez,, Jr James Louis Dayton, US 3 5
Skarbek, Jaroslaw S Krakow, PL 2 5

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