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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. 18, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 05, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Manfred Grundei, Niederwerrn, DE;
Assignee:
Mannesmann Sachs AG, Schweinfurt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1882662 ; 188318 ; 267218 ; 267256 ; 267191 ;
Abstract
A vibration damper with variable damping force, including a cylinder, a piston and a piston rod arranged in the cylinder so as to be axially movable, an adjustable damping valve connected between the piston rod and the cylinder, and controlled as a function of a spring deflection path, a device for controlling the adjustable damping valve, and additional damping valves arranged to have a damping effect on the piston independent of the controlling device.