Firestone Industrial Products Company, LLC

Rutger Zegveld

Jan Van Aartsen

Joseph A Bounds

End member assemblies include a first end member and a second end member. The first end member includes a first end member wall with a first side wall portion and a first flange wall portion. The first flange wall portion includes a plurality of attachment passages extending therethrough. The second end member includes a second end member wall with a second side wall portion and a second flange wall portion. The second end member includes attachment studs disposed along the second flange wall portion. The first and second end members are positioned axially coextensive with one another with the attachment studs extending through corresponding attachment passages. A stud head is unitarily formed along the attachment studs with the stud head abuttingly engaging the first flange wall portion thereby retaining the first and second end members in an assembled condition.

End member assemblies as well as gas spring and damper assemblies including same

Mounting assembly dimensioned for securement between a vehicle structure and a gas spring and damper assembly include a first end plate securable to the vehicle structure. A second end plate is attached in substantially fixed relation to the first end plate such that a mounting cavity is disposed therebetween. A connector housing is disposed within the mounting cavity and operatively connectable to the gas spring and damper assembly. A first bearing assembly is disposed between the connector housing and the first end plate and permits rotation of the connector housing relative to the first end plate while transferring forces acting longitudinally therebetween. A second bearing assembly is disposed between the connector housing and the second end plate and permits rotation of the connector housing relative to the second end plate while transferring forces acting longitudinally therebetween. Gas spring and damper assemblies are also included.

Mounting assemblies as well as gas spring and damper assemblies and suspension systems including same

Gas spring assemblies include a flexible spring member and a restraining cylinder. The flexible spring member includes a flexible wall extending longitudinally between first and second ends as well as peripherally about a longitudinal axis. The flexible wall includes an inside surface and an outside surface with the inside surface at least partially defining a spring chamber. The restraining cylinder includes a cylinder wall that extends longitudinally between first and second open ends as well as peripherally about the longitudinal axis. The cylinder wall includes an inside surface and an outside surface. The restraining cylinder is disposed longitudinally along the flexible spring member between the first and second ends thereof with at least a portion of the inside surface of the restraining cylinder permanently attached to the flexible wall along the outside surface thereof by way of a chemically-bonded joint. Methods of assembly are also included.

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