Spring devices – Vehicle – Torsion
Patent
1992-08-31
1994-04-19
Oberleitner, Robert J.
Spring devices
Vehicle
Torsion
267279, F16F 138
Patent
active
053039076
ABSTRACT:
A variable rate elastomeric torsion spring 30 includes a generally cylindrical elastomeric member 36 having an outer shell 34 bonded thereto on the outside and a plurality of adjacent, axially aligned inner sleeves 36, 38 bonded thereto on the inside. A variable spring rate is obtained by the spring by selectively engaging different combinations of the inner sleeves.
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Oberleitner Robert J.
Romanchik Richard A.
Rutherford Kevin D.
The B. F. Goodrich Company
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