Spring retainer clip
AssigneesNewfrey LLC, Showa Corporation
InventorsSuguru MIZUKOSHI, Seiya ENDO
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Abstract
A spring restraining clip mounts the axial terminus of a coil spring on the chassis via a spring seat. At least two of three spring restraining members that are circumferentially spaced on the spring restraining clip are the open type of spring restraining member so configured as to clasp and hold coil springs inserted in the axial direction, and one of the spring restraining members is a closed spring restraining member that receives the tip of a coil spring when the coil spring is rotated in the circumferential direction after having been inserted in the open type spring restraining members.
Claims9
A spring restraining clip for mounting the axial terminus of a coil spring on a vehicle chassis via a spring seat, comprising:
- three circumferentially-spaced spring restraining members disposed on one side of the spring retaining clip;
- wherein
- two of the spring restraining members are the open type, and are so structured as to clasp and hold the coil spring when the coil spring is inserted into the open-type spring restraining members in the axial direction;
- and wherein
- one of the spring restraining members is a closed-type spring restraining member that receives a tip of the coil spring when the coil spring is rotated in the circumferential direction after the coil spring is inserted in the open-type spring restraining members.
A method of assembling a coil spring on a vehicle chassis via a spring seat, comprising:
- axially inserting an axial terminus of the coil spring into two circumferentially-spaced open-type spring retaining members disposed on one side of a spring restraining clip so that the open-type spring retaining members clasp and hold the coil spring;
- and
- rotating the coil spring so that a tip of the coil spring is received in a closed-type spring retaining member disposed on the spring restraining clip.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.