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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:
Jul. 19, 1988
Filed:
Dec. 16, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Wayne V Fannin, Xenia, OH (US);
Frank M Fenton, Clayton, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
188319 ; 1374938 ; 13761419 ;
Abstract
A family of two-stage rebound damping performance curves is provided by rotating a selector plate within the damper piston to a number of selected positions to control orifice selection to a centralized blow off passage to thereby control the rate of oil flow through the piston during rebound.