Patent ID: 6752407
Filing Date: 2004-06-22
Classification: B60G

Abstract:
An assembly, comprising:(a) a flexible-bladder air spring with an air-tight chamber defined and surrounded by a flexible bladder and a first end-plate and a second end-plate that are attached to opposite ends of said flexible bladder; (b) a mounting plate that is abutted against said first end-plate and which defines a projection recess at a side of said mounting plate that is adjacent said first end-plate; (c) a retention projection that is fixedly attached to and protrudes from said first end-plate into said projection recess; (d) wherein said mounting plate defines a projection recess that extends into said mounting plate in directions perpendicular to said first end-plate and said retention projection is disposed within said projection recess; (e) wherein said retention projection defines a retention recess that extends into said retention projection in directions parallel to said first end-plate; (f) wherein said mounting plate defines a pin recess that extends from an outer surface thereof in directions parallel to said first end-plate; (g) wherein said pin recess intersects said projection recess; and (h) wherein a retention pin extends from outside said mounting plate, through said pin recess and into said projection recess and said retention recess defined by said mounting projection and thereby locks said mounting plate to said flexible-bladder air spring.