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US 11,401,994 B2Granted
Air spring gaiters with floating ring
AssigneeContinental Automotive Systems, Inc.
InventorsSunny Makkar, Joseph Jerisk, Garrett Mark Pniewski
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Abstract
An assembly for an air spring includes an outer gaiter defined in part by an interior portion, an inner gaiter defined in part by an exterior portion, at least one floating ring extending from a first floating ring end to a second floating ring end, the first floating ring end coupled with the inner gaiter and the second floating ring end is coupled with the outer gaiter, where the at least one floating ring allows the outer gaiter to move relative to the inner gaiter.
Claims17
An air spring assembly comprising:
- a piston;
- an inner gaiter coupled to the piston;
- an outer gaiter;
- and
- a floating ring coupled between the inner gaiter and the outer gaiter.
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An air spring assembly, comprising:
- an outer gaiter;
- a floating ring connected to the outer gaiter;
- and
- an inner gaiter connected to the floating ring,
- wherein the outer gaiter and the inner gaiter move relative to one another in a telescoping manner when force is applied to the air spring assembly.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.