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).
Proposing an improved front damper fixing for Bentley cars.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 87\3\ scan0110 | |
| Date | 15th February 1934 | |
| x242 To BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from HDY.{William Hardy} HDY.{William Hardy}1/HP.15.2.34. c. Wer. H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Dav. HHGv Front Damper Fixing. Bentley. In view of the probable use, before long, of increased damper loads on the Bentley, it is thought that some improvement should be made to the fixing of the front dampers to the frame, and we accordingly send N. Sch.3972 herewith. The Experimental Department prefer a plate between the damper and the frame as used on the 20/25 rather than the present angle bracket which is bolted to the bottom flange of the frame. The plate appears to us to give two advantages, viz:- (1) Equal rigidity of the three points of damper attachment. The present bracket may be quite strong but if not as rigid as the frame it will escape its full share of the load. (2) There is less danger of distortion of the damper body due to incorrect alignment of the faces of attachment of the damper. HDY.{William Hardy} | ||