Spring Deflection Control Assembly

A method for reducing spring fatigue comprising:

• providing a spring assembly comprising:
• a housing;
• a spring located within the housing;
• a first piston attached to a top end of the spring;
• a second piston located within and extending through the housing;
• and
• a space defined between an upper surface of the first piston and a lower surface of the second piston;
• filling the space with a substantially incompressible fluid;
• and
• displacing the second piston by a first distance, the displacement of the second piston causing the first piston to travel a second distance, wherein the second distance is less than the first distance.

A spring assembly comprising:

• a housing;
• a first piston located within the housing and having a lower surface with a first surface area;
• a second piston located within the housing and having an upper surface with a second surface area greater than the first surface area, the upper surface of the second piston spaced apart from and facing the lower surface of the first piston;
• a spring attached to a lower surface of the second piston;
• and
• a substantially incompressible fluid filling the space defined between the lower surface of the first piston and the upper surface of the second piston.