Patent ID: 7281705
Filing Date: 2007-10-16
Classification: B60G,F16F

Abstract:
1. A suspension system for a vehicle having a vehicle body and a movable component displaceable relative to the vehicle body along a line of travel, said system comprising: a support adapted to be mounted to the vehicle body; a striker surface adapted to be associated with the movable component and displaceable relative to said support along the line of travel; a jounce bumper mounted to said support and extending outwardly toward said striker surface; and a cap mounted to one of said jounce bumper and said striker surface with said cap having a flange extending to a distal edge for defining a cavity whereby said distal edge of said flange deflects into said cavity when said cap engages one of said striker surface and said jounce bumper during a predetermined displacement of the striker surface relative to the support.