Shock absorber device and vehicle comprising such a shock absorber device
AssigneeVolvo Truck Corporation
InventorsAnders Olsson, Yogesh Ramachandra
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Abstract
A shock absorber device for a vehicle, the shock absorber device comprising a shock absorber and a lifting device, the lifting device being configured to adjust a length of the shock absorber along the axis between a second length and the first length, the second length being less than the first length, wherein the lifting device has a released configuration wherein the lifting device allows the first part and the second part to axially move with regard to each other along the axis and an engaged configuration wherein the lifting device axially couples the first part and the second part together.
Claims15
A shock absorber device for a vehicle, the shock absorber device comprising:
- a shock absorber extending along an axis;
- and
- a lifting device;
- wherein the shock absorber comprises a first part and a second part axially movable with regard to each other along the axis and having a first length along the axis in a rest position;
- wherein the lifting device is mounted onto the shock absorber and is configured to adjust a length of the shock absorber along the axis between a second length and the first length, the second length being less than the first length;
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- wherein the lifting device has a released configuration wherein the lifting device allows the first part and the second part to axially move with regard to each other along the axis, and an engaged configuration wherein the lifting device axially couples the first part and the second part together.
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