Damper assembly
AssigneeDRiV Automotive Inc.
InventorStefan Deferme
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Abstract
A damper assembly includes a damper, an accumulator, and a tube mount. The damper includes a tube having an outer surface. The tube defines a central axis and a first cavity in the outer surface. The accumulator has an end defining a second cavity. The accumulator defines a longitudinal axis. The tube mount is attached to the outer surface of the tube around the first cavity. The tube includes a damper fluid. The end of the accumulator is supported by the tube mount to allow the damper fluid to flow from the tube through the first cavity and into the accumulator through the second cavity. The longitudinal axis of the accumulator is transverse to the central axis of the tube.
Claims18
A damper assembly, comprising:
- a damper including a tube having an outer surface, the tube defining a central axis and a first cavity in the outer surface;
- an accumulator having an end defining a second cavity, the end having a convex outer surface, the accumulator defining a longitudinal axis;
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- a tube mount attached to the outer surface of the tube around the first cavity;
- wherein the tube includes a damper fluid;
- wherein the end of the accumulator is supported by the tube mount to allow the damper fluid to flow from the tube through the first cavity and into the accumulator through the second cavity;
- wherein the longitudinal axis of the accumulator is transverse to the central axis of the tube at a non-right angle;
- wherein the tube mount includes a ring and the accumulator is supported by the ring at the convex outer surface of the end of the accumulator, the ring being in fluid communication with the first cavity and the second cavity allowing damper fluid to flow from the first cavity to the second cavity through the ring.
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