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 Lovejoy shock dampers, specifically regarding strap connections and linking mechanisms.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\Q\April1927-June1927\ 103 | |
| Date | 30th May 1927 | |
| TO GT. FROM R.{Sir Henry Royce} C. to BJ. WGB. DH.{D. Henderson - Showroom} HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} BM. LOVEJOY SHOCK DAMPERS. Y832 X8430 I can now realise that it is possible to run with a strap connection and a shorter arm than with the positive connecting link. The difficulty in my mind is that we cannot get sufficient damping with one way action. I had thought of making the connecting link with a set-up spring between the two balls, forcing the two balls apart. This might form a safety device in the direction of compression, it would avoid the necessity of adjustment, the friction is not detrimental, and we believe that the ball ends do not wear any more under these conditions because of the absence of rattle. X8430 We have found the scheme excellent to provide damping of the steering in the ball ends of the cross steering tube, which are fitted up with 1200 lbs. set-up springs. R.{Sir Henry Royce} | ||