Spring devices – Vehicle – Bolster
Patent
1983-11-18
1985-11-26
Stoner, Jr., Bruce H.
Spring devices
Vehicle
Bolster
267 6421, F16F 904
Patent
active
045550964
ABSTRACT:
A suspension strut for a motor vehicle which has a pneumatic spring assembly 28 mounted about a strut assembly 10. The pneumatic spring assembly has a flexible diaphragm 30 secured to a tubular sleeve 48 which is coaxially mounted about the strut body 18. The sleeve 48 is rotatably mounted to the strut body 18 by a bearing 54 and a bushing 67 to minimize torsional stress of the flexible diaphragm 30 when steering of the wheel rotates the strut body 18 with respect to the vehicle body.
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Diefendorf Richard R.
Drouillard Jerome R.
Ford Motor Company
May Roger L.
Stoner Jr. Bruce H.
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