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US 6,199,767 B1Granted
Spring assembly
AssigneeLucas Industries public limited company
InventorsAndrew Male, Anthony Thomas Harcombe
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Abstract
A spring assembly comprises a helical compression spring engaged between first and second spring abutments and a collar limiting movement of the second spring abutment away from the first spring abutment.
Claims15
A method of assembling a spring assembly to be housed within a housing comprising the steps of:
- engaging a spring between first and second abutments,
- compressing the spring until a desired spring pre-load is achieved,
- securing a collar to the first spring abutment to limit movement of the second spring abutment away from the first spring abutment under the action of the spring, and subsequently inserting the spring assembly, having the desired spring load, into the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.