Patent ID: 8382077

Claim:
A gas spring assembly comprising: a first end member including a longitudinally-extending passage wall at least partially defining a passage that extends through said first end member and includes a longitudinally-extending passage axis; a second end member disposed in longitudinally-spaced relation to said first end member; a flexible wall extending longitudinally between opposing first and second ends, said first end operatively secured on said first end member and said second end operatively secured on said second end member such that a spring chamber is at least partially defined therebetween; and, a fitting including a longitudinally-extending fitting body at least partially received within said passage, said fitting rotatable about said passage axis between a first rotational position in which said fitting is axially displaceable with respect to said first end member and a second rotational position in which said fitting is axially restrained with respect to said first end member, wherein said spring chamber includes a quantity of pressurized gas in fluid communication with said fitting such that said fitting is urged axially-outwardly along said passage with respect to said spring chamber which restricts rotational displacement of said fitting about said passage axis and thereby retains said fitting in said second rotational position.