Patent ID: 8783967
Filing Date: 2014-07-22
Classification: B60G,F16C

Abstract:
1. A motor vehicle suspension stop comprising: a first ring; a second ring; balls bearing against two raceways respectively defined by the first ring and by the second ring; and a cage for holding the balls between the raceways, the stop being provided with abutment pins, each for bearing against one of the raceways, the pins being distributed on both sides of a radial midplane of the cage that contains centers of cells in the cage, and wherein an axial distance between the ends of the abutment pins is strictly less than a height of a radial section of a ball chamber formed between the raceways, wherein the abutment pins are arranged on branches of the cage that lie between any two adjacent cells of the cage and configured to contact an adjacent raceway of the two raceways when the cage is subjected to excessive axial movement.