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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 1986
Filed:
Apr. 30, 1984
Applicant:
Inventor:
Brian G Wicke, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
18832221 ; 1883225 ;
Abstract
A method of self-pressurizing a piston-and-rod type hydraulic damper by means of an internally generated gas including the steps of positioning in the damper a volatile condensed phase of the pressurizing gas contained under pressure within a rupturable capsule and replacing the capsule after the damper is filled and sealed. Heat softenable capsules containing Freon, or the like, are disclosed.