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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 1993
Filed:
Feb. 26, 1991
Jack D Ecktman, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Michael M Brown, Fishers, IN (US);
Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc., Akron, OH (US);
Abstract
An air spring has pair of spaced end members for mounting the spring at spaced locations on a structure. A flexible sleeve of elastomeric material is sealingly engaged with the end members and forms a pressurized fluid chamber therebetween. A post is mounted on one of the end members and extends into the fluid chamber. A shock absorbing bumper formed of a high strength plastic is snap-fitted on an enlarged top of the post. A plurality of circumferentially arranged flexible fingers define an opening in a base of the bumper, and are snap-fitted over the enlarged top of the post which extends into the opening and seat into an annular undercut formed in the post beneath the enlarged top. The snap-fitted plastic bumper replaces the heretofore used elastomeric bumper.