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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2002
Srinath Nandyal, Pulaski, TN (US);
Gabriel Ride Control Products, Inc., Brentwood, TN (US);
Abstract
A motor vehicle shock absorber ( ) that has an additional or further spring biased fluid control valve ( ) that disposed between the blow-off valve ( ) and the compression chamber ( ) of the shock absorber ( ) and that provides enhanced damping performance characteristics during relatively low velocity movements of the piston assembly ( ) in the recoil stroke direction, that is, at velocities lower than those which cause the blow-off valve ( ) of the shock absorber ( ) to open. The further spring biased fluid control valve ( ) affords the shock absorber ( ) a firmness vis-a-vis roll stability to the vehicle steering yet provides the consumer a desired “boulevard” or soft cushioned ride.