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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:
Apr. 23, 1996
Filed:
Apr. 14, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael D Allen, Tipp City, OH (US);
Claude H Cheatham, West Carrollton, OH (US);
Scott D MC Coy, Kettering, OH (US);
Ignacio J Membrillera, Cadiz, ES;
Robert R Miles, Spring Valley, OH (US);
Leonard A Mullen, Dayton, OH (US);
Robert A Neal, Miamisburgh, OH (US);
Jeffrey S Stukenborg, Bellbrook, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F / ; F16F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
18832217 ; 18832221 ; 188269 ; 188315 ;
Abstract
A structure and method of gas charging a suspension damper is provided wherein a deflectable seal opens a gas charging passage solely under the application of externally applied gas pressure without requiring additional mechanical deflection device and wherein no charge-passage-specific machining operations of the piston rod are required to provide a gas charging passage around the seal.