Ford Motor Company Limited

William A Parker

Thomas E Bartos

William McMurray Stewart

Ronald M Cowen

A weldless shock absorber for an automotive vehicle includes an inner cylinder having a piston slidable within the inner cylinder upon a piston rod extending from the inner cylinder, and outer cylinder telescopically engaged with the inner cylinder, a cylinder head maintained within the outer cylinder in contact with the piston rod by means of an annular ring formed from and extending radially inwardly from the outer cylinder wall, and a mounting bracket affixed to the outer cylinder by means of one or more annular rings integrally formed from the outer cylinder and extending radially outwardly from the outer cylinder.

Weldless automotive shock absorber

An automotive shock absorber including a working cylinder, an outer cylinder mounted coaxially about the working cylinder, a piston rod attached to a piston slidably carried within the working cylinder, and a rod guide engaged with the outer cylinder for locating the piston rod coaxiallyl with the working and outer cylinders includes a unitary striker plate for maintaining engagement of the rod guide with the outer cylinder, wherein the striker plate comprises an annular ring formed from the outer cylinder and extending radially inwardly from the outer periphery of the outer cylinder with the annular ring having a U-shaped cross section oriented such that the legs of the U-shaped section lie generally perpendicular to the axis of the outer cylinder.

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Manchester, MI, United States of America

William A Parker