Remote controlled fluid-shockabsorber for vehicles

Claim 1

A SHOCK ABSORBER CONSTRUCTION FOR VEHICLES, ESPECIALLY MOTOR VEHICLES PROVIDED WITH AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, HAVING SUPPLY MEANS FOR SUPPLYING A FLUID PRESSURE MEDIUM OF WHICH THE PRESSURE IS VARIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE VEHICLE SPEED, COMPRISING SHOCK ABSORBER HOUSING MEANS, DAMPING PISTON MEANS PROVIDED WITH THROTTLING APERTURE MEANS, SAID DAMPING PISTON MEANS EFFECTIVELY SUBDIVIDING SAID HOUSING INTO TWO DAMPING CHAMBERS ADAPTED TO BE FILLED WITH A DAMPING FLUID, HOLLOW PISTON ROD MEANS FOR SAID DAMPING PISTON MEANS, SAID HOLLWO PISTON ROD MEANS TERMINATING AT THE END FACE THEREOF IN ONE OF SAID DAMPING CHAMBER AND BEING PROVIDED WITH OVERFLOW APERTURE MEANS ADAPTED TO BE SELECTIVELY VARIED IN CROSS SECTION THEREOF AND DISCHARGING INTO THE OTHER CHAMBER, AND CONTROL MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY VARYING THE CROSS SECTION OF SAID OVERFLOW APERTURE MEANS IN DEPENDENCE ON THE VEHICLE SPEED TO REDUCE SAID CROSS SECTION WITH INCREASING VEHICLE SPEED INCLUDING SPOOL-TYPE SLIDE VALVE MEANS PROVIDED WITH ACTUATING MEANS IN THE FORM OF A VALVE ROD EXTENDING COMPLETELY THROUGH SAID PISTON ROD MEANS, SAID SPOOL-TYPE SLIDE VALVE MEANS EFFECTIVELY CONTROLLING THE CROSS SECTION OF SAID APERTURE MEANS WITH A PISTON SECTION THEREOF, AND MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTING SAID SUPPLY MEANS WITH SAID ACTUATING MEANS TO OPERATE THE LATTER BY THE FLUID PRESSURE OF THE FORMER INCLUDING A POT-LIKE CYLINDER MOUNTED ON THE FREE END OF SAID HOLLOW PISTON ROD MEANS OUTSIDE OF SAID SHOCK ABSORBER HOUSING, A SPRING-LOADED PLUNGER PISTON ARRANGED WITHIN SAID CYLINDER, SAID PLUNGER PISTON FORMING AN ACTUATING MEMBER FOR SAID SLIDE VALVE MEANS AND BEING LOADED BY SAID FLUID PRESSURE MEDIUM, SAID POT-LIKE CYLINDER BEING PROVIDED WITH A COVER, A THREADED PLUG MEMBER WITHIN SAID PLUNGER PISTON PROVIDED WITH SPRINGY TONGUE MEANS ADAPTED TO ENGAGE WITHIN A CORRESPONDING ANNULAR GROOVE PROVIDED IN SAID VALVE ROD FOR OPERATIVELY CONNECTING SAID VALVE ROD WITH SAID PLUNGER PISTON, AND CONNECTING MEANS FOR SAID PRESSURE MEDIUM ARRANGED WITHIN SAID COVER AND INCLUDING THROTTLING MEANS.