Electric viscous field responsive shock absorber

Claim 1

A SHOCK-DAMPING DEVICE CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF (A) FIRST AND SECOND SUPPORTING STRUCTURES, (B) A MASS SUPPORTED ON OPPOSITE SIDES THEREOF BY FIRST AND SECOND SUPPORTS, EACH OF SAID SUPPORTS MECHANICALLY CONNECTING A SIDE OF SAID MASS TO ONE OF SAID SUPPORTING STRUCTURES, (C) EACH OF SAID SUPPORTS INCLUDING FIRST AND SECOND MEMBERS HAVING SPACED OPPOSING SURFACES, ONE OF SAID MEMBERS BEING MECHANICALLY CONNECTED TO A SUPPORTING STRUCTURE AND THE OTHER MEMBER BEING MECHANICALLY CONNECTED TO A SIDE OF SAID MASS, SAID MEMBERS BEING MOVABLE WITH RESPECT TO EACH OTHER IN A DIRECTION EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID MASS AND SUPPORTING STRUCTURE CONNECTED THEREBY, AND A FIELDRESPONSIVE FLUID DISPOSED IN THE SPACE BETWEEN SAID MEMBERS, (D) FIRST CIRCUIT MEANS ADAPTED TO APPLY A FIELD TRANSVERSELY OF THE SPACE BETWEEN SAID MEMBERS OF SAID FIRST SUPPORT, SAID FIRST CIRCUIT MEANS BEING ACTUATED BY FIRST PIEZOELECTRIC SHOCK-RESPONSIVE MEANS ADAPTED TO SUPPLY AN ELECTRIC POTENTIAL TO SAID FIRST CIRCUIT MEANS UPON BEING SUBJECTED TO MECHANICAL SHOCK, SAID FIRST SHOCK-RESPONSIVE MEANS BEING IN SHOCKSUSCEPTIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SUPPORTING STRUCTURE ON THE SIDE OF SAID MASS OPPOSITE SAID FIRST SUPPORT, AND (E) SECOND CIRCUIT MEANS ADAPTED TO APPLY A FIELD TRANSVERSELY OF THE SPACE BETWEEN SAID MEMBERS OF SAID SECOND SUPPORT, SAID SECOND CIRCUIT MEANS BEING ACTUATED BY SECOND PIEZOELECTRIC SHOCK-RESPONSIVE MEANS ADAPTED TO SUPPLY AN ELECTRIC POENTIAL TO SAID SECOND CIRCUIT MEANS UPON BEING SUBJECTED TO MECHANICAL SHOCK, SAID SECOND SHOCK-RESPONSIVE MEANS BEING IN SHOCK-SUSCEPTIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SUPPORTING STRUCTURE ON THE SIDE OF SAID MASS OPPOSITE SAID SECOND SUPPORT.