Patent ID: 6494443
Filing Date: 2002-12-17
Classification: B60G,F16F

Abstract:
A device for raising and lowering an automobile frame relative to the vehicle axles having an improved air pressure control system, the improvement comprising:an air pressure end plate having a pressure fitting and a conduit formed therethrough attachable at one end of a bellows element; a pressure end plate attachable at an opposite end of the bellows element; the air pressure end plate and the pressure end plate each having an opening formed therein wherein a pair of grooves are formed in a wall of each opening; a ring seal is mounted in each groove for slidable engagement with a strut shaft of the automobile; the air pressure end plate having at least five holes formed therein in a radial pattern about the opening in the air pressure end plate located such that a bolt may pass therethrough for threadable engagement with a corresponding threaded hole formed in an end cap of the bellow element; and the pressure end plate having at least five holes formed therein in a radial pattern about the opening in the pressure end plate located such that a bolt may pass therethrough for threadable engagement with a corresponding threaded hole formed in an opposite end cap of the bellows element.