Pneumatic spring
AssigneeZF Friedrichshafen AG
InventorKlaus Gell
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Abstract
A pneumatic spring has a pneumatic spring bellows (1) made as a hollow cylinder and a damper (19) can be arranged in the pneumatic spring in such manner that a gap (24) is created through which ambient air can reach the damper (19) and cool it.
Claims11
A pneumatic spring with a pneumatic spring bellows (1) that forms a closed chamber (13), the pneumatic spring being in active connection with a damper (19), the pneumatic spring bellows (1) forming a hollow cylinder and the damper (19) being arranged to form a gap (24), between an inner boundary of the hollow cylinder and an outer boundary of the damper (19), in which ambient air flows for cooling the damper (19);
- the pneumatic spring bellows (1) comprises a first individual element (2), forming an outer boundary of the hollow cylinder, and a second individual element (3), forming the inner boundary of the hollow cylinder;
- a piston-like component (10) couples, at a lower end face (9) of the hollow cylinder, the first individual element (2) and the second individual element (3);
- the piston-like component (10) has a circular bead (14), with conical side surface (15), which couple the first individual element (2) and the second individual element (3) in a pressure-tight manner;
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- the circular bead (14) has at least one vent (12) by which a cavity (11), formed by the piston-like component (10), is connected to a chamber (13) formed by the pneumatic spring bellows (1).
A pneumatic spring with a pneumatic spring bellows (1) that forms a closed chamber (13), the pneumatic spring being in active connection with a damper (19), the pneumatic spring bellows (1) forming a hollow cylinder and the damper (19) being arranged to form a gap (24), between an inner boundary of the hollow cylinder and an outer boundary of the damper (19), in which ambient air flows for cooling the damper (19);
- the pneumatic spring bellows (1) comprises a first individual element (2), forming an outer boundary of the hollow cylinder, and a second individual element (3), forming the inner boundary of the hollow cylinder;
- a piston-like component (10) couples, at a lower end face (9) of the hollow cylinder, the first individual element (2) and the second individual element (3);
- the piston-like component (10) has a circular bead (14), with conical side surfaces (15), which couple the first individual element (2) and the second individual element (3) in a pressure-tight manner;
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- at least one elastic element (17) is arranged on the circular bead (14) to limit a spring path when the pneumatic spring is fully compressed.
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