The "Load-bearing" Shocks

Each load-bearing shock is a simple piston with a pressurized sphere on top of it. Hydraulic fluid can pass back and forth between the piston and the sphere. The pressure of the compressed nitrogen in the sphere counteracts the force of the weight of the body. In this way the spheres function as springs or torsion bars would in conventional cars. An iris in the orifice between the piston and the sphere produces a dampening effect.

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