Patent ID: 6845973
Filing Date: 2005-01-25
Classification: B60G,F16F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An air spring comprising: first and second spaced end members; a flexible bellows sealingly attached to the end members and extending therebetween and forming an interior fluid chamber; a rigid restraining cylinder having first and second ends attached at said first end to the first end members by a flexible mounting assembly, and extending co-axially along and outwardly of the flexible bellows; a plurality of spaced holes formed in the cylinder adjacent said first end thereof; said flexible mounting assembly including an elastomeric sleeve having a first end secured to the first end members and a second end being secured to said restraining cylinder; a circumferential slot formed in the second end of the elastomeric sleeve, said first end of the cylinder extending into the slot with portions of the elastomeric sleeve extending through the spaced holes to attach the cylinder to the elastomeric sleeve of the flexible mounting assembly; a first clamp ring securing the first end of the elastomeric sleeve to the first end member; a second clamp ring securing a first end of the bellows to the first end member; and the first and second clamp rings spaced axially apart on the first end member.