Gm Global Technolgoy Operations, Inc.

White Consolidated Industries, Inc.

Jerry L Neubauer

Louis D Benasutti

James M Pees

Ralph S Braden

Ronald E Meyer

A suspension unit has an elastomer air sleeve associated therewith and a low friction ring-like guide is fitted to the bottom of the dust tube of the unit to guide the air sleeve during operation and to prevent abrasion and wear of the air sleeve by the dust tube.

Pneumatic vehicle suspension unit with air sleeve guide

A refrigerator freezer door has an ice service area in its outer face including an actuator for opening a passage closure member. Upon depressing the actuator a switch is closed to energize a power driven ice dispenser in the freezer compartment which discharges ice pieces down a chute and into the passage through the freezer door to the service area. A suction cup positioned on the actuator has an air bleed passageway to delay return movement of the actuator and closing of the closure member until the chute has emptied its ice pieces into the passageway.

Ice door delay mechanism

A vertical sliding closure panel assembly for an appliance such as a refrigerator cabinet for closing a service area located on a food compartment door. The sliding closure panel has its edges formed with inwardly offset integral flanges defining vertical channels for reception of return flanges formed on the frame portions of the assembly providing passageways for the channels. The sliding panel has resilient clip members positioned on its side flanges operative to impart positioning stability so that the panel can be retained at any location between its fully open and fully closed position.

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Dayton, OH, United States of America

Jerry L Neubauer