From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Design improvements for hydraulic shock dampers, including a patentable idea for spring-loaded connecting links.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 55\4\ Scan312 | |
| Date | 15th February 1929 | |
| Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} from R.{Sir Henry Royce} BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} c. to Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} 4235 R4/M15.2.29. X.235 X.7520 HYDRAULIC SHOCK DAMPERS. I agree to high pressure valve drilled with a 1/16th. hole if thought advisable from tests, but not the slotted faces. I quite agree that connecting links would be improved by being fitted with spring loaded ball ends, one spring for two balls, spring loaded in compression, (i.e. the lighter load) and solid in tension for max. high pressure forces. Spring need not go all the way - rod or tube. Movement of block limited so that slack limited to slightly more than wear in case of heavy stress. This would be patentable. I believe DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} had this in hand. R.{Sir Henry Royce} | ||