Clamp, mount tab and tether for limit strap
AssigneeShock Therapy Suspension, Inc.
InventorJustin Smith
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Abstract
A two-piece limit strap clamp for use with a shock absorber and a limit strap retention device is provided. The pieces couple together around the upper end of a shock absorber. The clamp has a protrusion that extends outwardly and is adapted for attachment of the top end of a limit strap. The lower end of the limit strap may be attached to a mounting tab that is coupled to the lower mounting bracket of the shock absorber. Also disclosed is a limit strap with a tether coupled to a spring of the shock absorber to prevent the limit strap from bowing out when the shock absorber is compressed. A method of use of a limit strap with a tether is also disclosed.
Claims4
A limit strap clamp for use with a shock absorber comprising:
- a clamp body removably coupled to a limit strap retention device;
- a clamp aperture formed through the clamp body, wherein the clamp body is coupled directly around a shock absorber, and wherein the shock absorber extends through the clamp aperture, wherein the clamp body comprises:
- a first clamp member and a second clamp member removably coupled to the first clamp member, wherein the clamp aperture is formed when the first clamp member and the second clamp member are coupled together;
- a limit strap having an upper end and a lower end, wherein the upper end is coupled to limit strap retention device, and the lower end is coupled to one of a shock mount of a lower control arm of a vehicle, to another portion of the lower control arm, or to another vehicle part at a location near the bottom end of the shock absorber;
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- a protrusion, wherein the protrusion comprises a protrusion aperture.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.