Continental Aktiengesellschaft

Magura Gustav Magenwirth Gmbh & Co. Kg

Continental Teves, Ag and Company Ohg

Hans-Peter Krauss

Joachim Hujer

Self-pumping spring and damper unit () with automatically activated ride level control system for chassis of vehicles having a pump which is driven as a result of the distance between the articulation points () which changes as a result of the spring compression and spring extension of the vehicle, wherein an elastic connecting element () is arranged between at least one pump part () and the associated articulation point () in such a way that it at least partially elastically compensates the distance between the pump parts () which changes when the vehicle experiences spring compression and spring extension.

Self-pumping ride level control system

An air spring and shock absorber unit for bicycles or motorbikes includes operator control elements which are accessible from the outside and are disposed on an outer surface of the air spring and shock absorber unit. The operator control elements are disposed so as to be rotatable about a common axis and relative to a position of articulation points.

Air spring and shock absorber unit with operator control element

Disclosed is a ride level control system for a motor vehicle composed of a pneumatic spring (), a connecting line () which connects the pneumatic spring () to an atmospheric port (), and a first valve () which, in a first switched state, disconnects the connecting line () and, in a second switched state, clears it, wherein a vessel () is arranged in the connecting line () between the first valve () and the atmospheric port ().

Pneumatic ride level control system

The invention relates to a system which includes an air spring ( ) which, in turn, encloses an air volume ( ). The system also includes a controllable shock absorber ( ) connected in parallel to the air volume. Furthermore, the system includes an ancillary volume ( ) with which the air volume ( ) of the air spring ( ) is connected via a controllable throttle ( ). The stiffness and the total damping of the system can be pregiven via a control of the throttle ( ) and of the controllable shock absorber ( ) independently of each other.

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Garbsen-Frielingen, Germany

Hans-Peter Krauss