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A vibration damping system for absorbing shock loads includes a hydraulic damper containing a piston slidably reciprocating within an oil filled chamber and dividing the chamber into a pair of subchambers. A hydraulic motor is in fluid communication with and located between the subchambers and is co

A vibration damping system for absorbing shock loads includes a hydraulic damper containing a piston slidably reciprocating within an oil filled chamber and dividing the chamber into a pair of subchambers. A hydraulic motor is in fluid communication with and located between the subchambers and is controlled by a field responsive fluid, such as an electrorheological (ER) actuated device. The hydraulic motor transforms fluid motion into rotating motion by a pair of meshing gears. The ER device is a flow cell and is connected to a shaft of one or both of the meshing gears. The magnitude of an electric field applied to the ER fluid controls the flow rate of the hydraulic fluid passing through the hydraulic motor by controlling the resistive force to the rotary motion of the gears. A plurality of check valves controls the direction of flow of the hydraulic fluid between the hydraulic motor and the subchambers.

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1. A vibration damping system comprising:a hydraulic damper including a housing forming an internal hydraulic fluid chamber and a damping member slidably reciprocating within said chamber and dividing said chamber into a pair of subchambers, said damping member being adapted to be connected to a fir

1. A vibration damping system comprising:a hydraulic damper including a housing forming an internal hydraulic fluid chamber and a damping member slidably reciprocating within said chamber and dividing said chamber into a pair of subchambers, said damping member being adapted to be connected to a first support structure; connection means on the housing for connecting said housing to a second support structure spaced from said first support structure; a hydraulic motor in fluid communication with the hydraulic damper for controlling the movement of hydraulic fluid between the subchambers upon movement of the damping member within the fluid chamber, said hydraulic motor including at least one element for transforming fluid motion of the hydraulic fluid into a rotary motion; a fluid line providing the fluid communication between the hydraulic motor and the fluid subchambers, said motor being mounted in said fluid line whereby said hydraulic fluid flows through said motor; and a flow cell adapted to contain a field responsive fluid operatively connected to the hydraulic motor for controlling the amount of damping of the hydraulic damper by controlling the rotary motion of the hydraulic motor to regulate the amount of hydraulic fluid which passes through said hydraulic motor.