Shock absorber arrangement for a vehicle suspension and use of a lubricant for same
AssigneeBASF Polyurethanes GmbH
InventorsJae Hong LEE, Ulrich Holwitt, Frank Rittig
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Abstract
A shock absorber arrangement for a vehicle suspension contains a shock absorber having a damper cap and a piston rod, and a supplementary spring which is arranged on the piston rod opposite the shock absorber and has an outer surface facing the damper cap and an inner surface facing the piston rod, and is configured for damping the movement of the shock absorber in the direction of the piston rod on contact with the damper cap. The outer surface and/or the inner surface is at least partially coated with a lubricant.
Claims21
1-15. (canceled)
A shock absorber arrangement for a vehicle suspension, comprising:
- a shock absorber which has a damper cap having an end face and has a piston rod, and
- a supplementary spring which is arranged on the piston rod opposite the shock absorber and has an outer surface facing the damper cap and an inner surface facing the piston rod, and is configured for damping movement of the shock absorber in the direction of the piston rod on contact with the damper cap,
- wherein the outer surface of the supplementary spring comes into contact with the end face of the damper cap, and the supplementary spring performs an evasive movement if the shock absorber continues to move, resulting in a relative movement of the outer surface along the end face,
- wherein the supplementary spring expands in an inward and outward direction transverse to the piston rod on compression of the supplementary spring, whereupon the inner surface comes into contact with the piston rod, and
- wherein the outer surface facing the damper cap and/or the inner surface facing the piston rod is at least partially coated with a lubricant.
The shock absorber arrangement according to claim 6, wherein the lubricant comprises a medium- or high-viscosity fluid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.