Patent ID: 6390256
Filing Date: 2002-05-21
Classification: B60G,F15B,F16F

Abstract:
Vehicle springing system having at least one hydraulic actuator, a plurality of gas accumulators, each with an associated holding chamber for hydraulic fluid and a separate gas chamber, the gas accumulators operatively communicating with the actuator via a connecting line, and an elastomeric accumulator operatively connected to the actuator via the connecting line wherein the elastomeric accumulator is arranged in parallel with the gas accumulators, and the elastomeric accumulators and the gas accumulator are connected to the actuator via the connecting line, one of the gas accumulators being operatively associated with the elastomeric accumulator and another of the accumulators being configured as a balancing accumulator, the balancing accumulator and the elastomeric accumulator being arranged to be acted on in a frequency-selective manner.