Hydraulic jounce bumper with improved installation
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsFernando Sosa, Jack Wiley Cooper
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Abstract
A damping assembly for a vehicle suspension system may include a spring including a first end operably coupled to a body of a vehicle and a second end operably coupled to a wheel assembly of the vehicle, a spring isolator operably coupling the body of the vehicle to the first end of the spring, a hydraulic jounce bumper to dampen jounce forces on the vehicle, and a reinforcement member operably coupled to the hydraulic jounce bumper at a proximal end of the reinforcement member and to the spring isolator at a distal end of the reinforcement member. The reinforcement member may be integrated with the spring isolator at the distal end of the reinforcement member.
Claims16
A damping assembly for a vehicle suspension system, the damping assembly comprising:
- a spring comprising a first end operably coupled to a body of a vehicle and a second end operably coupled to a wheel assembly of the vehicle;
- a spring isolator operably coupling the body of the vehicle to the first end of the spring;
- a hydraulic jounce bumper to dampen jounce forces on the vehicle;
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- a reinforcement member operably coupled to the hydraulic jounce bumper at a proximal end of the reinforcement member and to the spring isolator at a distal end of the reinforcement member,
- wherein the reinforcement member is integrated with the spring isolator at the distal end of the reinforcement member,
- wherein the reinforcement member is adjustably operably coupled to a sleeve of the hydraulic jounce bumper.
A vehicle suspension system, the vehicle suspension system comprising:
- a wheel assembly of a vehicle;
- a body of the vehicle;
- and
- a damping assembly operably coupling the wheel assembly and the body to dampen impacts on the body of the vehicle responsive to jounce and rebound events experienced at the wheel assembly,
- wherein the damping assembly comprises:
- a spring comprising a first end operably coupled to the body of a vehicle and a second end operably coupled to the wheel assembly of the vehicle;
- a spring isolator operably coupling the body of the vehicle to the first end of the spring;
- a hydraulic jounce bumper to dampen jounce forces on the vehicle;
- and
- a reinforcement member operably coupled to the hydraulic jounce bumper at a proximal end of the reinforcement member and to the spring isolator at a distal end of the reinforcement member,
- wherein the reinforcement member is integrated with the spring isolator at the distal end of the reinforcement member,
- wherein the reinforcement member is adjustably operably coupled to a sleeve of the hydraulic jounce bumper.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.