| 摘要 |
A shock strut for supporting and dampening a load with a two-phase dampening characteristic. The shock strut includes an inner cylinder slidably mounted within an outer cylinder, each of the cylinders having slidably mounted therein a piston. A first one of the pistons in the outer cylinder defines a first gas chamber, a second one of the pistons in the inner cylinder defines a second gas chamber. Between the cylinders is a metering device that defines a third and fourth fluid chambers. At full extension of the shock strut, a first stage of dampening is provided as the first gas chamber is compressed by fluid flowing through the metering device into the third chamber from the fourth chamber. As the shock strut is compressed, a second stage of dampening is provided by fluid flowing through the metering device into the fourth chamber and compressing the second gas chamber. |
