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Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2020

Filed:

Dec. 20, 2017
Applicant:

Firestone Industrial Products Company, Llc, Nashville, TN (US);

Inventor:

Jason B. Smith, Fairview, TN (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 9/00 (2006.01); F16F 9/58 (2006.01); B60G 15/08 (2006.01); F16F 9/05 (2006.01); B60G 11/62 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 9/58 (2013.01); B60G 11/62 (2013.01); B60G 15/08 (2013.01); F16F 9/052 (2013.01); B60G 2202/143 (2013.01); B60G 2202/152 (2013.01); B60G 2204/4502 (2013.01); F16F 2236/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

A jounce bumper assembly dimensioned for securement on or along an associated end member of an associated gas spring assembly. The jounce bumper assembly includes a bumper mount dimensioned for securement to the associated end member. A jounce bumper supported on the bumper mount for axial displacement therealong. A biasing element is disposed peripherally about the bumper mount and positioned axially between the jounce bumper and the associated end member. The biasing element has a fully-compressed, solid height that is operative to maintain the jounce bumper assembly in axially-spaced relation to the associated end member under a full jounce load condition. Gas spring assemblies including such a jounce bumper assembly, and suspension systems including one or more of such gas spring assemblies are also included.


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