Spring devices – Vehicle – Comprising compressible fluid
Patent
1986-06-19
1988-05-17
Butler, Douglas C.
Spring devices
Vehicle
Comprising compressible fluid
92 15, 188300, 292338, 296 76, 403 83, 267120, F16F 500, F16F 932
Patent
active
047445483
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for setting and maintaining a predetermined projected relation of a piston rod of a gas strut or like device with reference to the cylinder unit of which it forms a part having particular application to the support of a hatchback or rear deck closure panel, trunk lid or hood of an automotive vehicle in its open condition comprises a generally L-shaped structure formed to be firm and resistant to deformation save for the longer leg thereof and a limited portion of its shorter leg being provided with a limited capability of lateral flexing. The longer leg of this structure is normally inclined inwardly to and slightly over the shorter leg thereof. The shorter leg provides thereon structure for a simple and quick coupling thereof to a portion of a piston rod in a manner to normally establish the longer leg along and closely adjacent one side of the rod and to provide, when the rod is fully extended from its housing, that at least a portion of the length of the longer leg is directed into a portion of the projected length of the piston rod and there firmly maintained, under which condition the L-shaped structure provides abutment surfaces for respective engagement with the end of the cylinder housing from which the rod projects and a limiting abutment surface provided on the rod outwardly from and in a longitudinally spaced relation to the cylinder.
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Bloom Jerome P.
Butler Douglas C.
C. R. and I. Inc.
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