Lee Spring Company LLC

Stephen Kempf

Albert Mangels

Valentin Fridmanovich

Subramanya Naglapura

Brian Moulder

Sean M Diamond

Christopher Wisniewski

Brian Straiton

Billy Burier

A drawbar assembly having a first continuous drawbar having an open end, a closed end, and an elongate body extending therebetween along an axis, and a spring anchor formed at the open end; a second continuous drawbar having an open end, a closed end, and an elongate body extending therebetween along the axis, and a spring anchor formed at the open end; the first and second drawbars oriented with respect to each other such that at least a portion of each elongate body overlaps with the other along the axis and the open end of one drawbar is proximate the closed end of the other; and a compression coil spring positioned over the overlapping elongate body portions and secured at each end by a respective spring anchor; wherein a region of at least one closed end is coined.

Coined drawbars for drawbar assemblies

This invention provides a helical spring formed of plastic material, comprising a pair of end coils situated at respective ends of said helical spring; at least one full pitch active coil between said pair of end coils; a pair of transition coils, each transition coil interconnecting an end of a respective end coil to an end of a respective proximate full pitch active coil, and having a varying pitch.

Plastic spring and method and apparatus for making the same

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