Patent ID: 6843352

Claim:
A vehicle shock absorber comprising: a shock absorber body having a shock rod displacement end and a support end; a shock rod partially disposed within said shock rod displacement end of said shock absorber body, including a hydraulically sealed portion disposed in said shock absorber body and a distally extending free portion; and a mount assembly connectably disposed at said free portion having both a compression mount and a shear mount disposed therein; said compression mount further comprising: a travel limiter plate; and a resilient element horizontally extending from said travel limiter plate, and said shear mount further comprising: a generally tubular shear mount body disposed on said shock rod; and a pair of conical ends extending longitudinally from said shear mount body, wherein said shear mount operably absorbs a low-input vertical load transferable via said shock rod to the vehicle and said compression mount operably limits a vertical displacement of said shear mount and absorbs a medium-input vertical load transferable via said shock rod, said mount assembly further comprising: an inner metal sleeve having a sleeve outer diameter bonded to an inner diameter of said tubular shear mount body, and a sleeve inner diameter slidably disposed on an outer diameter of said shock rod; an upper mount plate having a plurality of sequentially arranged vertical and horizontal plate surfaces, including: one of said vertical plate surfaces being bonded to an outer diameter of said shear mount body; and one of said horizontal plate surfaces operably providing an upper travel limit for said resilient element of said compression mount; and a lower stamping slidably joined to said upper mount plate, said lower stamping operably providing a lower travel limit for said resilient element of said compression mount; and wherein said shock rod further comprises: a shoulder to transfer said low-input vertical load and said medium-input vertical load from said shock rod to said inner metal sleeve of said shear mount to said compression mount; and a threaded distal end at said shock rod free portion for connectably disposing a preload fastener.