Patent ID: 8376329

Claim:
A member of an assembly of a motor vehicle, including a shock absorber including a cylinder portion operatively connected to a wheel suspension assembly of said vehicle and a piston rod portion having a ball and socket connection to a body portion of said vehicle, a threaded spindle mounted on said piston rod portion, an axially adjustable spring plate operatively connected to said threaded spindle by means of a ball and thread connection, a support spring interconnecting said spring plate and said wheel support assembly, an electric motor housing supporting a stator mounted on said piston rod portion, and a rotor of said motor rotatably mounted on said electric motor housing and rigidly connected to said threaded spindle, for preventing rotation of said motor housing relative to the axis of said piston rod portion upon energization of said motor comprising a bellows receiving a portion of said piston rod portion therethrough, having one end thereof fixedly secured to said motor housing and having the other end thereof rigidly secured to the socket of said ball and socket connection.