Patent ID: 6145894
Filing Date: 2000-11-14
Classification: B60G,F16F

Abstract:
An air spring adapted to extend between two spaced support components so as to yieldly maintain said components in a spaced relation; said air spring including:a flexible sleeve and at least a first end wall forming a one-piece member of a resilient material;a second end wall opposite of said first end wall and sealingly engaged with the flexible sleeve and forming a fluid chamber;an opening formed in said first end wall providing fluid access into the fluid chamber;a push-pull connector mounted in the said first end wall opening for receiving a tube therein for supplying fluid into the fluid chamber, said connector including:a) a main body member formed of metal and molded to said first end wall within said opening having an internal bore and a tube receiving space;b) a collet member rotatably mounted within the main body and having a plurality of flexible fingers communicating with the tube receiving space; andc) gripping projections formed on the flexible fingers and extending toward the tube receiving space for gripping an end of a tube when received in said tube receiving space.