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US 7,017,892 B2Granted
Suspension strut with stop buffer
AssigneeZF Sachs AG
InventorsManfred Schuler, Alexander Miller, Klaus Stretz
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Abstract
A suspension strut including a piston rod extending from a cylinder, a connection bearing for connecting the piston rod to a vehicle body, a spring loading the cylinder away from the connection bearing, and a spring plate supporting the spring axially with respect to the connection bearing. A first bearing enables relative rotational movement between the spring plate and the connection bearing, and a second bearing enables relative rotational movement between the connection bearing and a stop buffer arranged between the connection bearing and the cylinder.
Claims11
A suspension strut comprising
- a cylinder,
- a piston rod extending from said cylinder,
- a connection bearing for connecting said piston rod to a vehicle body,
- a spring loading said cylinder away from said connection bearing,
- a spring plate supporting said spring axially with respect to said connection bearing,
- a first bearing which enables relative rotational movement between said spring plate and said connection bearing,
- a stop buffer between said connection bearing and said cylinder, wherein said stop buffer is fixed to said spring plate, and
- a second bearing which enables relative rotational movement between said stop buffer and said connection bearing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.