Patent ID: 9545829
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: B60G,F16F

Claim:
1. A dual-rate jounce bumper for limiting jounce travel between a first component and a second component of a vehicle with the second component spaced from and moveable toward the first component along a jounce axis, said jounce bumper comprising: a bumper having a first end for coupling to the first component and having a second end spaced from said first end for contacting the second component with said bumper compressible between the first and second components for limiting jounce with said bumper radially expandable as said bumper is compressed; and an outer member disposed about said bumper and capable of limiting the radial expansion of said bumper as said bumper is compressed for increasing a stiffness of the bumper; wherein said outer member is also radially expandable as said bumper is compressed.