Spring devices – Vehicle – Mechanical spring and nonresilient retarder
Patent
1992-02-06
1993-07-13
Oberleitner, Robert J.
Spring devices
Vehicle
Mechanical spring and nonresilient retarder
731181, B60G 1300
Patent
active
052266354
ABSTRACT:
A strut for a vehicle suspension includes a strut mount insulator including a rod mount bracket, and a shock absorber including a rod mounted to said rod mount bracket. The rod has a longitudinal axis and a sensor mount surface radially extending with respect to the longitudinal axis. The strut further includes means for providing a positive motion connection between the rod mount bracket and the rod. The positive motion connection providing means includes a load sensor pre-loaded between said sensor mount surface of the rod and the rod mount bracket of the strut mount insulator. According to the present invention, the positive motion connection providing means includes a spacer disposed between the sensor mount surface and the rod mount bracket.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4800751 (1989-01-01), Kobayashi et al.
patent: 4828232 (1989-05-01), Harrod et al.
patent: 5086649 (1992-02-01), Yamaoka
Atsugi Unisia Corporation
Kananen Ronald P.
Oberleitner Robert J.
Rutherford Kevin D.
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