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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2001
Alain Bataille, Paris, FR;
Louis Sinbandhit, La Celle Saint Cloud, FR;
Delphi Technologies, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Abstract
A shock absorber for a motor vehicle includes a compression valve having one or more deflectable discs mounted on the piston on the rebound chamber side. It also includes a rebound stroke valve having one or more deflectable discs mounted on the piston on the compression chamber side. The deflectable discs of the compression stroke valve have fluid flow apertures aligned with the rebound flow passage. The compression stroke valve also has an annular stop member and an annular orientation disc positioned between the stop member and the deflectable discs on the side of the deflectable discs remote from the piston. The stop member and the orientation disc have fluid flow apertures aligned with fluid flow apertures in the deflectable discs. An orientation disc has a pin folded therefrom and extending in a direction substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis, the pin extending through corresponding apertures formed in the deflectable discs into a corresponding slot formed in the piston. Alignment pins are formed on the orientation disc and the stop member for aligning the orientation disc relative to the stop member, allowing easier alignment of the compression stroke valve components.