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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:
May. 14, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
ContiTech Luftfedersysteme GmbH, Hannover, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 9/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 9/04 ;
Abstract
The invention is directed to an air spring having an elastomeric air spring flexible member with its ends attached to respective attachment components. The ends of the flexible member have respective sealing beads. An elastic peripherally extending sealing lip ( ) is formed on the end portion of at least one of the ends of the flexible member and projects beyond the end face of the end portion and lies on the smallest diameter of the flexible member. The sealing lip ( ) ensures a reliable sealing between this end of the flexible member and the attachment component. The sealing lip ( ) faces toward the pressure space of the air spring in the assembled condition thereof.