Patent ID: 11892054
Assignee: HORSTMAN SYSTEMS INC.
Field: Mechanical elements (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 2:
3. A position-relative damper assist system (1) according to claim 2, wherein the jounce adjustment component (19a) is a spring-loaded jounce adjustment component (19a), and wherein the adjustment assembly (19) thus comprises a corresponding spring (25) having one extremity operatively abutting against a given supporting component (27), and having another extremity operatively pushing against the jounce adjustment component (19a) for urging the jounce adjustment component (19a) into a given default configuration, the spring-loaded jounce adjustment component (19a) being adjustably operable via the biasing assembly (21) between variable opened and closed configurations, wherein in a fully-opened configuration, the jounce adjustment component (19a) is substantially clear from the at least one active jounce fluid passage (15a) in order to allow a maximal passage of fluid (17) through the at least one active jounce fluid passage (15a), and wherein in a fully-closed configuration, the jounce adjustment component (19a) substantially blocks the at least one active jounce fluid passage (15a) in order to allow a minimal passage of fluid (17) through the at least one active jounce fluid passage (15a);
wherein the jounce adjustment component (19a) is positioned, shaped and sized with respect to the at least one active jounce fluid passage (15a) so that the default configuration of the jounce adjustment component (19a) corresponds to the fully-opened configuration of the jounce adjustment component (19a);
wherein the jounce adjustment component (19a) is positioned, shaped and sized with respect to the at least one active jounce fluid passage (15a) so that the default configuration of the jounce adjustment component (19a) corresponds to the fully-closed configuration of the jounce adjustment component (19a);
wherein the piston head (11) of the piston assembly (9) comprises a jounce lodging passage (29a) being positioned, shaped and sized for receiving the jounce adjustment component (19a), the jounce lodging passage (29a) being further positioned, shaped and sized for fluidly intersecting the at least one active jounce fluid passage (15a);
wherein the at least one active jounce fluid passage (15a) extends longitudinally along the piston head (11), and wherein the jounce lodging passage (29a) extends transversally with respect to the piston head (11); and
wherein the jounce adjustment component (19a) comprises a shouldering portion (31a) for resting against a corresponding abutment portion (33a) of the jounce lodging passage (29a) when the jounce adjustment component (19a) is in the default configuration.