Spring devices – Vehicle – Mechanical spring and nonresilient retarder
Patent
1999-01-27
2000-12-05
Graham, Matthew C.
Spring devices
Vehicle
Mechanical spring and nonresilient retarder
280668, B60G 1300
Patent
active
061555436
ABSTRACT:
A spring and strut mount assembly for an automotive vehicle includes a strut provided with a shock absorber having a piston reciprocable in a cylinder and a piston rod extending axially outwardly from one end of the cylinder. A strut mount is adapted to be secured to a rigid frame of the vehicle. The outer end of the piston rod is secured to the strut mount. A spring unit resists retraction of the piston rod. The spring unit has upper and lower spring seats. The upper spring seat is mounted to the strut mount. The upper spring seat assembly is parallel and diverging to the strut mount and tower, perpendicular to the coil spring center line, perpendicular to the strut center line and parallel to the upper plane of the coil spring's end, all at the same time. The lower spring seat is mounted on the cylinder. A coil spring encircles the shock absorber and is held between the seats. The central axis of the spring extends at an acute angle to the central axis of the strut.
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Johnson James J.
Solomond Jonathan P.
Turonek, Jr. Richard J.
Weaver Michael S.
Bartz C. T.
DaimlerChrysler Corporation
Graham Matthew C.
Shurupoff Lawrence J.
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