Patent ID: 6422361
Filing Date: 2002-07-23
Classification: F16F

Abstract:
A method for making a damper piston assembly comprising the steps of:a) providing a rod having a longitudinal axis, a first end, and a longitudinal stop; b) providing a piston including a valve assembly having a valve body with an orifice extending therethrough and with a mounting hole extending therethrough; c) mounting the piston on the rod with the first end of the rod extending through the mounting hole of the valve body; d) mounting a spring on the rod, e) providing a rivet disk having a mounting hole extending therethrough and having an opening extending therethrough for fluid communication with the orifice; f) mounting the rivet disk on the rod after mounting the piston and the spring on the rod; g) longitudinally moving the rivet disk against the piston compressing the spring with the first end of the rod extending through the mounting hole of the rivet disk; and h) after step g), peening the first end of the rod against the rivet disk to define a riveted end of the rod.