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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2016
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Kobe-shi, Hyogo, JP;
Takayuki Sawa, Osaka, JP;
Hideki Kitada, Osaka, JP;
Yasuhiko Ura, Osaka, JP;
Takehiro Nishimura, Kobe, JP;
Keiichiro Kamura, Kobe, JP;
Yoshi Sato, Sanda, JP;
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Kobe-shi, Hyogo, JP;
Abstract
An air spring includes an outer cylindrical member, an inner cylindrical member, a diaphragm, the diaphragm providing an internal space between the outer cylindrical member and the inner cylindrical member, a stopper assembly arranged in the internal space as being pivotable over the inner cylindrical member, a handle for pivoting the stopper assembly over the inner cylindrical member, a guide member attached to the handle as rising from the handle, a positioning member attached by insertion in a guide hole in the guide member for positioning of the handle, a positioning hole provided in the inner cylindrical member which can receive the positioning member, and a holding mechanism in the inner cylindrical member. A position of the stopper assembly with respect to the inner cylindrical member is determined by inserting the positioning member in the positioning hole.