Single-thrust bearing for a shock absorber
AssigneeFirma Carl Freudenberg
InventorsArno Hamaekers, Arnold Simuttis, Manfred Stahl
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Abstract
A single-thrust beating for a shock absorber with a columnar journal projecting in the damping direction and which is sealingly surrounded by a flexible, annular-shaped membrane, whereby the membrane is secured in its rim area, which projects radially to the outside, to a supporting bearing and separates two liquid-filled working chambers from each other. The working chambers are defined in the area of the extremities which mutually oppose each other by hollow-conical bearing springs made of a rubber elastic material. The bearing springs are supported in their base area on the supporting bearing and are braced against one another by means of the journal by way of their tips which are turned away from each other.
Claims6
A single-thrust bearing for a shock absorber, comprising:
- a) a columnar journal projecting in the damping direction of the shock absorber;
- b) a supporting bearing;
- c) a flexible annular-shaped intermediary membrane sealing and surrounding said columnar journal and having a rim area projecting radially outward, said flexible annular-shaped intermediary membrane being secured in its rim area to said supporting bearing;
- d) two liquid-filled working chambers separated by said supporting bearing;
- e) a duct-type connecting port in said supporting bearing and located radially outside of said annular-shaped intermediary membrane to allow fluid communication between said two liquid-filled working chambers;
- f) flexible terminating walls sealing said two liquid-filled working chambers to the outside, and being secured and sealed on a first side to said columnar journal and on a second side to said supporting bearing;
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- g) hollow cones forming said flexible terminating walls and having hollow-cone tips secured to said columnar journal, pointing away from each other and braced against one another by means of said columnar journal;
- wherein said flexible annular-shaped intermediary membrane contacts said columnar journal in a way that allows relative displacement between contacting surfaces of said annular-shaped intermediary membrane and said columnar journal.
A single-thrust bearing for a shock absorber, comprising:
- a) a columnar journal projecting in the damping direction of the shock absorber;
- b) a supporting bearing;
- c) a flexible annular-shaped intermediary membrane sealing and surrounding said columnar journal and having a rim area projecting radially outward, said flexible annular-shaped intermediary membrane being secured in its rim area to said supporting bearing;
- d) two liquid-filled working chambers separated by said supporting bearing;
- e) a duct-type connecting port in said supporting bearing and located radially outside of said annular-shaped intermediary membrane to allow fluid communication between said two liquid-filled working chambers;
- f) flexible terminating walls sealing said two liquid-filled working chambers to the outside, and being secured and sealed on a first side to said columnar journal and on a second side to said supporting bearing;
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- g) hollow cones forming said flexible terminating walls and having hollow-cone tips secured to said columnar journal, pointing away from each other and braced against one another by means of said columnar journal;
- wherein said flexible annular-shaped intermediary membrane further comprises an inner circumference which is flexibly expanded by said columnar journal;
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- wherein said flexible annular-shaped intermediary membrane contacts said columnar journal in a way that allows relative displacement between contacting surfaces of said annular-shaped intermediary membrane and said columnar journal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.