Bellows type air spring and vehicle height adjustable suspension using the same
OwnerShozo Okamotoinventor
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Abstract
The present invention provides a bellows type air spring, which includes a bellows body, and first and second end members. The bellows body has a generally hollowed cylindrical shape with upper and lower open ends and a longitudinal axis extending between the upper and lower open ends. The bellows body also defines therein an air chamber for receiving the air, thereby allowing the bellows body to be expanded and contracted along the longitudinal axis. The first end member is disposed in the lower open end for sealing the same, and defines therein a through hole for receiving a body of a shock absorber. The second end member is disposed in the upper open end for sealing the same, and defines therein a through hole for receiving a retractable rod of the shock absorber.
Claims7
A vehicle height adjustable suspension comprising:
- a hollowed bellows body having a two stage construction with an upper cylindrical portion and a lower cylindrical portion, said upper and lower cylindrical portions respectively having upper and lower open ends, said hollowed bellows body having upper, lower and center diametrically smaller portions at said upper and lower open ends and between the upper and lower cylindrical portions, and longitudinal axis extending between the upper and lower open ends, said hollowed bellows body defining therein an air chamber for receiving the air, thereby allowing the bellows body to be expanded and contracted along the longitudinal axis;
- a ring being disposed around said center diametrically smaller portion of said bellows body for preventing the same from radially outwardly expanding;
- a first end member having a circular plate shape and disposed in the lower open end for sealing the same, said first end member defining therein a through hole;
- a second end member having a circular plate shape and disposed in the upper open end for sealing the same, said second end member defining therein a through hole;
- a shock absorber including a body extending through said through hole of the first end member, and a retractable rod extending through said through hole of the second end member;
- a spring receiving member secured to the body of the shock absorber and hermetically mounted on the first end member, thereby allowing the bellows body to be securely received by said spring receiving member;
- said spring receiving member including a hollowed cylindrical portion for receiving the body of the shock absorber and a flange portion integrally formed with a base portion of the hollowed cylindrical portion, and said flange portion having a surface facing the first end member defining therein an annular concave portion for receiving an O-ring;
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- an adapter hermetically mounted on the second end member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.