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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:
Jul. 02, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hans-Peter Krauss, Hannover, DE;
Assignee:
Continental Aktiengesellschaft, Hannover, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 9/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 9/04 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a system which includes an air spring ( ) which, in turn, encloses an air volume ( ). The system also includes a controllable shock absorber ( ) connected in parallel to the air volume. Furthermore, the system includes an ancillary volume ( ) with which the air volume ( ) of the air spring ( ) is connected via a controllable throttle ( ). The stiffness and the total damping of the system can be pregiven via a control of the throttle ( ) and of the controllable shock absorber ( ) independently of each other.