Patent ID: 9039020
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: B60G,F16F

Abstract:
1. An end member having an axis and dimensioned to receivingly engage an end of an associated flexible wall of an associated gas spring assembly, said end member comprising: an end wall extending radially outward in a direction transverse to said axis toward an outer peripheral edge, said end wall including an end wall surface dimensioned to abuttingly engage the associated flexible wall; a side wall extending from said end wall in an axial direction and dimensioned to receivingly engage an end of the associated flexible wall; a base wall extending radially outward in a direction transverse to said axis, said base wall disposed in axially offset relation to said end wall such that said base wall can abuttingly engage an associated jounce bumper and such that at least one end cavity is formed along said end wall with said at least one end cavity being accessible from along a side of said end wall opposite said base wall; and, a mounting channel extending into and across said end member and at least partially defining a mounting surface for receivingly engaging an associated structural component with at least said end wall, said side wall and said base wall of said end member being integrally formed from a unitary mass of polymeric material.