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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2003
Michael Hönig, Ennepetal, DE;
Walter Wirtz, Gevelsberg, DE;
Marcello Di Fina, Bochum, DE;
Klaus Hofmann, Gevelsberg, DE;
Günter Poetsch, Schwelm, DE;
ThyssenKrupp Bilstein GmbH, Ennepetal, DE;
Abstract
A resilient leg as part of an attachment for the wheel of a motor vehicle. The leg is provided with a piston rod ( ) that has a piston ( ) attached to it, that travels into and out of a housing ( ), that is attached at its outer end to the vehicle's chassis, and that is maintained in radial alignment by two separated bearings. The piston divides the interior of the housing into two fluid-charged chambers ( & ). The object is to ensure satisfactory transmission of moments of force from the piston rod to the housing in a leg that is light in weight. The piston rod accordingly extends through, and is maintained in radial alignment at, both ends of the leg.