Damper Shamed!

[MyLittleRanger19]

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[NickTheEnforcer]

that got me to thinking about doing the toilet seat but then I got to thinking about that emergency release of super taco Tuesday and the tooo long wait for the seat to get down...

That's why you have to steal one of Grand Pa's adult diapers...never trust a FART when you are older than 40 !! Especially after Taco-Tue's

 

[Big Blue]

Dang, I'm thinking this damper thing gets more hits than the SYNC 3.4 update. It's just spread around more threads. ?

 

[DevilDog1775]

I am a patent attorney... So I thought I would look to see if there are any interesting patents on tailgate dampers. Ford has an interesting one here. https://patents.google.com/patent/US7654600

GM has one here. https://patents.google.com/patent/US7850219

Another that looks similar to the Dee-Zee model, although it appears to include more parts. https://patents.google.com/patent/US8226146

Not to be outdone, Toyota throws it's tailgates into the arena. https://patents.google.com/patent/US8544930

And Toyota makes a solid contribution here with a patent application entitled "Vehicles Incorporating Tailgate Energy Management Systems." https://patents.google.com/patent/US20140182207
I can't help but wonder if Tesla will want to put one of those on the Cyber Truck to recapture energy from the tailgate lowering to recharge the battery.

Who knew tailgate dampers were such cutting edge technology and such a large market?!

 

[JAKE2.3]

I am a patent attorney... So I thought I would look to see if there are any interesting patents on tailgate dampers. Ford has an interesting one here. https://patents.google.com/patent/US7654600

GM has one here. https://patents.google.com/patent/US7850219

Another that looks similar to the Dee-Zee model, although it appears to include more parts. https://patents.google.com/patent/US8226146

Not to be outdone, Toyota throws it's tailgates into the arena. https://patents.google.com/patent/US8544930

And Toyota makes a solid contribution here with a patent application entitled "Vehicles Incorporating Tailgate Energy Management Systems." https://patents.google.com/patent/US20140182207
I can't help but wonder if Tesla will want to put one of those on the Cyber Truck to recapture energy from the tailgate lowering to recharge the battery.

Who knew tailgate dampers were such cutting edge technology and such a large market?!

"energy management system" nice. Ha that will be what I shall call my damper from now on.

 

[DevilDog1775]

"energy management system" nice. Ha that will be what I shall call my damper from now on.

Genius! Shouldn't we get a green energy tax break for installing such energy management systems?

 

[Minky]

Welcome to the candy ass club......there, I said it, I'm done!

There is another reason for adding a tailgate damper. I and my wife have no problems opening or handling the weight of the tailgate. However, our 4 year old grand daughter came over one day and was opening the tailgate. If I had not seen it start to happen and got there in time it would have whacked her pretty good in the head. I ordered a damper that night.

 

[DevilDog1775]

There is another reason for adding a tailgate damper. I and my wife have no problems opening or handling the weight of the tailgate. However, our 4 year old grand daughter came over one day and was opening the tailgate. If I had not seen it start to happen and got there in time it would have whacked her pretty good in the head. I ordered a damper that night.

Yeah, that is the reason I put one on my last truck. An F150 tailgate would have done a number on the head of a toddler.

 

[adamodonnell]

I absolutely love this thread. I bought my damper before I even knew there was a Cold War divide over it. Cracks me up.

I guess you can put me down for the candy ass club too. By the way, I also have power steering, electric windows, and an automatic transmission because I'm really a p*$$y. ?

 

[Dr. Zaius]

I absolutely love this thread. I bought my damper before I even knew there was a Cold War divide over it. Cracks me up.

I guess you can put me down for the candy ass club too. By the way, I also have power steering, electric windows, and an automatic transmission because I'm really a p*$$y. ?

Next thing you know you'll have a truck that does things when you simply ask it to, like change the temperature, or radio stations, or skip to the next track in your playlist.

My future destination, and to think I started my journey with a tailgate damper...

 

[FoD]

Next thing you know you'll have a truck that does things when you simply ask it to, like change the temperature, or radio stations, or skip to the next track in your playlist.

My future destination, and to think I started my journey with a tailgate damper...

The road to hell starts with but one simple mod or something like that

 

[Chris M]

The road to hell starts with but one simple mod or something like that

Certainly seems the road to financial ruin starts that way...

 

[AzScorpion]

Certainly seems the road to financial ruin starts that way...

No that was joining this forum!

 

[DevilDog1775]

I just realized... The gallery photos of my truck do not include a picture of my damper! I was also wondering if anyone has made their truck doubly awesome with two dampers? It is quite possible however that with two dampers when opening the tailgate the truck would instead flip over on top of you.

 

[Dr. Zaius]

I just realized... The gallery photos of my truck does not include a picture of my damper! I was also wondering if anyone has made their truck doubly awesome with two dampers? It is quite possible however that with two dampers when opening the tailgate the truck would instead flip over on top of you.

I think two dampers should be banned because the amount of testosterone released into the atmosphere by two operating at the same time would immediately cause every female in a 4 block radius to sprout armpit hair and the beginnings of a mustache.

I don't want to see that.

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