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US 11,454,259 B2Granted
Hydraulic assembly
AssigneeDRiV Automotive Inc.
InventorsBart Van Mieghem, Geert Sas
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Abstract
An assembly includes a spring seat, a spring seat insert, and a seal. The spring seat is slidable along the spring seat insert to define an expandable fluid chamber therebetween. The spring seat includes a groove defining a mating surface. The seal is between the spring seat and the spring seat insert. The seal includes a mating portion at the first end engageable with the mating surface of the groove to prevent fluid from exiting the fluid chamber.
Claims5
An assembly comprising:
- a spring seat including an interior surface and a wall;
- a spring seat insert including an exterior surface, an interior surface, and a second wall extending from the exterior surface to the interior surface, the spring seat slidable along the exterior surface of the spring seat insert to define an expandable fluid chamber between the second wall of the spring seat insert, the interior surface of the spring seat insert, the interior surface of the spring seat, and the wall of the spring seat;
- a groove defined in the interior surface of the spring seat, the groove having a first vertical surface, a horizontal surface, and a second vertical surface extending from the horizontal surface;
- a seal between the spring seat and the spring seat insert, the seal having a first end, a second end opposite the first end, a mating portion at the first end, a first flange disposed at the second end engageable with the horizontal surface and the second vertical surface, and a second flange disposed at the second end engageable with the second vertical surface and the exterior surface of the spring seat insert, the first and second flanges arranged to prevent fluid from exiting the fluid chamber;
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- a mating insert separate of the spring seat, the mating insert disposed between the mating portion of the seal and the first vertical surface and the horizontal surface of the groove;
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- wherein the seal is designed to allow sliding of the spring seat along the exterior surface of the spring seat insert when the seal is disposed in the groove in a first orientation and to prevent sliding of the spring seat along the exterior surface of the spring seat insert when the seal is disposed in the groove in an orientation transverse to the first orientation.
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