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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 06, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael L Crabtree, Arvada, CO (US);
Richard F Stieg, Boulder, CO (US);
Assignee:
The Gates Corporation, Denver, CO (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
267 6424 ; 267 6421 ;
Abstract
A telescopic strut for a vehicle suspension of the airspring type with a flexible sleeve forming a chamber portion and a rolling lobe portion. The chamber portion is attached to a tilted closure and the rolling lobe portion of the airsleeve is attached to a piston that is transversely moved which introduces a shear force into the airsleeve and increases a surface area on an upward tilted side of the sleeve so as to provide side load compensation and where the axial length of the rolling lobe is substantially equalized to enhanced flexural life.