The dynamic characteristics of an oil cushion, which was originally designed to eliminate impactive excitation to a mechanical lever and thereby achieve noise reduction, have been studied both theoretically and experimentally. The system motion is represented by a second order non-linear differential equation which can be reduced to a first order linear differential equation by changing the variables. An approximate but simple solution to the non-linear equation has also been presented. Theoretical and experimental results have good agreement.
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