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Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2022

Filed:

Jan. 14, 2019
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Rutger Zegveld, Groesbeek, NL;

Jan van Aartsen, Arnhem, NL;

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 9/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 9/0454 (2013.01); F16F 9/0418 (2013.01); F16F 2224/025 (2013.01); F16F 2226/042 (2013.01); F16F 2230/10 (2013.01);
Abstract

Gas spring assemblies include a flexible spring member and a restraining cylinder. The flexible spring member includes a flexible wall extending longitudinally between first and second ends as well as peripherally about a longitudinal axis. The flexible wall includes an inside surface and an outside surface with the inside surface at least partially defining a spring chamber. The restraining cylinder includes a cylinder wall that extends longitudinally between first and second open ends as well as peripherally about the longitudinal axis. The cylinder wall includes an inside surface and an outside surface. The restraining cylinder is disposed longitudinally along the flexible spring member between the first and second ends thereof with at least a portion of the inside surface of the restraining cylinder permanently attached to the flexible wall along the outside surface thereof by way of a chemically-bonded joint. Methods of assembly are also included.


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