Gm Global Technolgoy Operations, Inc.

Wendell Collins, Jr

Richard Edward Longhouse

Stanley E Smith

Eric Lee Jensen

James P Hamberg

Todd H Baldini

An upper mount assembly includes a pair of plates seating at least one Belleville spring. The plates are concentrically mounted about a hydraulic damper so that the Belleville spring is in series with a coil suspension spring. During use, deflection of the Belleville spring provides an additional degree of motion to reduce transmission of vibration to the vehicular body.

Upper mount assembly for a suspension damper

A top mount assembly includes a resilient isolator designed to be seated on an upper end of an actuator. A guiding sleeve is seated on the isolator and includes an upstanding annular wall forming a cavity in an upper surface of the guiding sleeve. At least one Belleville spring is mounted in the cavity to permit deflection of the assembly during the operational range of the actuator. A thrust plate is mounted on the Belleville spring and attached to the body.

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Dayton, OH, United States of America

Wendell Collins, Jr