The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Dec. 07, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2003
Christoph Bank, Lehrte, DE;
Gerhard Thurow, Garbsen, DE;
Paul Cerny, Wennigsen, DE;
Helmut Luncz, Korntal, DE;
Andreas Zeltlitz, Pfaffenhofen, DE;
ContiTech Luftfedersysteme GmbH, Hannover, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a spring system ( ) having two spring units ( ) arranged coaxially with respect to each other. Each spring unit essentially includes a flexible member ( ) and a roll-off piston ( ). The two flexible members ( ), the roll-off pistons ( ) and a common outer jacket ( ) enclose a common pressure space ( ) filled with compressible gas or with a hydraulic liquid. A contamination flexible member ( ) is mounted between the roll-off piston ( ) and the outer jacket ( ) in order to prevent a contamination of the flexible member roll-off surfaces. The contamination flexible member ( ) is clamped, on the one hand, in the region of the roll-off piston ( ) and, on the other hand, on the outer jacket ( ). The effective length of the contamination flexible member ( ) is somewhat less than the effective length of the shorter of the two work flexible members ( ). In this way, the contamination flexible member ( ) functions additionally as an end stop (pull stop).