| LORD CORPORATION Patent applications |
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| 20120055630 | AIRCRAFT FRONT NOSE LANDING GEAR AND METHOD OF MAKING AN AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR - An aircraft front nose landing gear having both elastomeric and nonelastomeric elements is provided along with a method of making the same. The aircraft front nose landing gear includes the ability to reduce/inhibit oscillating shimmy rotation vibrations. The method further provides for making a landing gear with a shimmy damper for further reducing oscillating rotations. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20110169204 | CONSTRUCTION VEHICLE CAB SUSPENSION SURFACE EFFECT LIQUID MOUNT - A vehicle suspension mount ( | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110130210 | Multi-Rate Torsional Coupling - A multi-rate torsional coupling ( | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110027574 | COATING FOR ELASTOMERIC SUBSTRATES - A coating for elastomers is provided comprising, a rubber modified epoxy resin, an epoxy reactive diluent, and an epoxy curative. The epoxy resin is modified with a carboxyl terminated butadiene acrylonitrile rubber, and the coating is capable of co-extrusion with an elastomeric substrate, such as a weatherstrip. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110014356 | Method for protecting a substrate from lightning strikes - A method for protecting a substrate from lightning strikes is provided including providing a lightning strike protectant composition to the substrate. The lightning strike protectant composition comprises a reactive organic compound and a conductive filler that, during the cure of the organic compound, is capable of self-assembling into a heterogeneous structure comprised of a continuous, three-dimensional network of metal situated among (continuous or semi-continuous) polymer rich domains. The resulting composition has exceptionally high thermal and electrical conductivity. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20100187061 | Aircraft front nose landing gear and method of making an aircraft landing gear - An aircraft vehicular front wheel landing gear assembly is provided that includes a nonelastomeric outer upper strut tubular member having an inner axial center bore with a tubular cylindrical frictional interface inner surface segment, and a nonelastomeric inner lower strut member having an outer bonding surface segment. The nonelastomeric inner member is rotationally received in the outer strut member inner axial center bore with the nonelastomeric inner strut member rotatable within said outer strut member. The assembly includes an elastomeric surface effect damper member encompassing the nonelastomeric inner strut member outer bonding surface segment. The elastomeric surface effect damper member has an inner bonding surface segment and an outer elastomer surface, the inner bonding surface segment is bonded to the nonelastomeric inner strut member outer bonding surface segment. The assembly includes a surface effect lubricant disposed between the elastomeric surface effect damper outer elastomer surface and the nonelastomeric outer strut member frictional interface inner surface segment with the elastomeric surface effect damper outer elastomer surface engaging the nonelastomeric outer strut member frictional interface inner surface segment and inhibiting an oscillating shimmy rotation. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100051374 | OPERATOR INTERFACE CONTROLLABLE BRAKE WITH FIELD RESPONSIVE MATERIAL - A vehicle operator input device for controlling the vehicle with the operator input device including an operator interface lever moveable by a vehicle operator in first and second directions about an axis. The operator input device includes a sensor system with a sensor target. The sensor system senses the moveable operator interface lever and provides an operator interface lever position signal as a function of a position of the operator interface lever. The operator input device includes an interface lever controllable brake coupled to the operator interface lever, and a brake controller coupled to the sensor system for receiving the operator interface mechanism position signal and with the brake controller coupled to the brake for responsively transmitting a plurality of brake signals to the brake with the operator interface lever controllable brake responsively providing resistive braking forces to the operator interface lever for opposing a force applied to the operator interface lever by the operator, the operator interface lever controllable brake providing the resistive braking forces in response to controller brake signals, with the brake controller providing a first background force signal followed with a second below background force drop signal followed with a third above background stop force signal wherein the operator is provided with a mechanical detent sensation at a target lever location. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100038471 | Suspension system for aircraft auxiliary power unit with elastomeric member - The present invention broadly comprises an aircraft motion control auxiliary power unit suspension system device, the aircraft motion control auxiliary power unit suspension system device comprising a first motion control nonelastomeric member and a second motion control nonelastomeric member, a first motion control elastomer member disposed to operatively interconnect the first motion control nonelastomeric member and the second motion control nonelastomeric member. The first motion control elastomer member includes an exterior surface coating formed from an elastomeric polymer dissolved in an organic solvent and the elastomeric polymer dissolved in the solvent is applied to an exterior surface of the first motion control elastomer member, the solvent evaporates, and the elastomeric polymer crosslinks. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20090301049 | RETENTION DEVICE FOR SEPARATING COMBINE AUGER FINGER MATERIALS AND AGRICULTURAL MATERIAL ENGAGEMENT METHOD - A finger for a crop gathering auger for an agricultural combine, including an elastomeric tethering outrigger which arches a failure region of the finger and will retain a free end of the finger in connection with a mounting end thereof when the failure region is broken. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090294583 | AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR ASSEMBLY SHIMMY DAMPER - An aircraft vehicular assembly is provided that includes a nonelastomeric outer tubular member having an inner axial center bore with a tubular cylindrical frictional interface contiguous smooth inner surface segment, and a nonelastomeric inner member having an outer bonding surface segment. The nonelastomeric inner member is rotationally received in the outer member inner axial center bore with the nonelastomeric inner strut member rotatable within said outer member. The assembly includes an elastomer encompassing the nonelastomeric inner strut member outer bonding surface segment. The elastomer has an inner bonding surface segment and an outer grooved elastomer surface, the inner bonding surface segment is bonded to the nonelastomeric inner member outer bonding surface segment. The assembly includes a grease disposed between the outer elastomer surface and the nonelastomeric outer member frictional interface inner surface segment with the greased grooved outer elastomer surface engaging the nonelastomeric outer member frictional interface inner surface segment and inhibiting an oscillating rotation. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090294231 | Magneto-rheological fluid damper having enhanced on-state yield strength - Please replace the Abstract with the following amended Abstract: A magneto-rheological fluid valve includes a magnetic field generator having at least one electromagnetic coil and at least one magnetic pole having a pole length L | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090281669 | Method and apparatus for balancing - A balance assembly for a rotating assembly comprising: a first movable rotor and a second movable rotor which are selectively movable about the rotating assembly; and a controller with a microprocessor operating with stored control programs for controlling movement of the first movable rotor and second movable rotor and adapted to calculate a value and to periodically modify the value and to cause the first movable rotor and the second movable rotor to move in accordance with the calculated value and the modified value, wherein the values are adjusted during a plurality of control iterations to reduce vibrational signals from an at least one vibration sensor. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090254230 | Distributed active vibration control systems and rotary wing aircraft with suppressed vibrations - An aircraft with at least one rotating machine creating troublesome vibrations, the aircraft comprised of an aerostructure, the aircraft including:
| 10-08-2009 |
