Vibration damper
AssigneeMannesmann Sachs AG
InventorsManfred Angles, Günther Handke, Robert Pradel
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
The invention is directed to a vibration damper such as a shock strut for articulated installation between a car body and a wheel guide part in a motor vehicle by a quick connection. For this purpose, the vibration damper on the shock strut, together with an elastic joint and a connection part, forms a constructional unit or assembly unit. The quick connection is formed between the connection part and the body or the wheel guide without a catch connection and in a rigid manner, so that relative movement is prevented between the connection part and the body or wheel guide part.
Claims13
A vibration damper for articulated installation between a wheel guide part and a body of a motor vehicle, comprising:
- a cylinder;
- a piston rod sealably guidably inserted in said cylinder;
- a spring arranged between said cylinder and said piston rod such that said piston rod is movable in said cylinder against an urgency of said spring;
- an elastic joint connected to one of said cylinder and said piston rod;
- a connection part having radially extending and circumferentially distributed projections connected to said elastic joint, wherein said cylinder, said piston rod, said elastic joint and said connection part comprise a constructional unit, and wherein said connection part is a spring plate for supporting an end of said spring;
- and
- a quick connect assembly connectable between the connection part and one of the wheel guide part and the body of the motor so that a rigid connection of said connection part to the one of the wheel guide part and the body of the motor vehicle is producible in response to one of a rotation and a pivoting of said connection part relative to the one of the wheel part and the body, wherein said quick connect assembly comprises a bayonet type closure device in which said radially extending and circumferentially distributed projections are rotatably engagable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.