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US 12,098,756 B2Granted
Damper assembly
AssigneeDRiV Automotive Inc.
InventorsFranky Montagna, Ronny Vanbrabant, Rahul Popatrao Ekatpure
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Abstract
A damper assembly includes a cylinder defining a chamber. The damper assembly includes a body supported by the cylinder and having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The body defines a passage extending from the first surface to the second surface. One of the first surface or the second surface define a slope at the passage. The damper assembly includes a check disc at the slope, the check disc selectively restricting fluid flow through the passage.
Claims18
A damper assembly, comprising:
- a cylinder defining a chamber;
- a body supported by the cylinder and having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, the body defining a passage in fluid communication with the chamber and extending from the first surface to the second surface;
- an orifice disc at the first surface, the orifice disc defining an orifice open in a radial direction;
- a check disc movable in a first direction from an unflexed position spaced from the orifice disc toward the body to a flexed position on the orifice disc to selectively restrict fluid flow through the passage in the first direction;
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- a spring urging the check disc toward the body, the spring including a base and a plurality of arms extending circumferentially and axially from the base.
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A damper assembly, comprising:
- a cylinder defining a chamber;
- a body supported by the cylinder and having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, the body defining a passage in fluid communication with the chamber and extending from the first surface to the second surface;
- an orifice disc at the first surface, the orifice disc defining an orifice open in a radial direction;
- a check disc movable in a first direction from an unflexed position that permits axial and radial fluid flow through the orifice of the orifice disc toward the body to a flexed position that inhibits axial fluid flow and permits radial fluid flow through the orifice;
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- a spring urging the check disc toward the body, the spring including a base and a plurality of arms extending circumferentially and axially from the base.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.