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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 1976
Filed:
Aug. 30, 1974
Monroe Belgium N. V., Sint-Truiden, BE;
Abstract
A leveling strut for use in a vehicle leveling system and including a shock absorber cartridge telescopically received within an elongated tubular housing, with the cartridge including a reciprocal piston and piston rod, attachment means for securing the piston rod to the sprung portion of the vehicle and the housing to the unsprung portion of the vehicle, retaining means releasably retaining the shock absorber cartridge within the housing whereby to permit convenient removal of the cartridge from the housing for purposes of repair, replacement and the like, means defining a variable volume fluid chamber including a flexible diaphragm member, and means for selectively communicating pressurized fluid to and from the chamber to effect expansion and contraction thereof.