Continental Aktiengesellschaft

Continental Teves, Ag and Company Ohg

Joachim Jeischik

Gerhard Thurow

Stefan Wode

Andreas Kind

Bernhard Kirsten

Stefan Narberhaus

An air spring has at least one working space which is filled with compressed air and which is delimited at least partially by a rolling bellows which is fastened at its ends to connecting parts. At least one of its ends, the air spring has a wall which is thicker in relation to the rest of the rolling bellows body, wherein the rolling bellows has, at least one of its thickened ends, a continuously vulcanized layer cover which is folded back to such a length that, after the assembly of the air spring, at least one region of the rolling bellows which is highly loaded by chassis forces falls into the region of the layer cover.

Air spring for vehicle

The invention relates to a system having an air spring flexible member (,) which is clamped between a cover plate (,) and a rolloff piston (,). The movement of the rolloff piston (,) is pregiven by a curved path (,). The rolloff piston (,) is curved with the curvature being at least segmentwise of the same orientation as the curvature of the curved path (,). Because of the curvature of the rolloff piston (,), a lateral offset of the flexible member (,) to the cover plate (,) can be substantially avoided when the rolloff piston (,) plunges into the flexible member (,). The formation of a rolling lobe (,) having a different width over its periphery is also avoided.

Air spring system

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Wennigsen, Germany

Joachim Jeischik