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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2004
Applicants:
Mickey L. Love, Londonderry, NH (US);
Laurie Jean Schleck, Candia, NH (US);
Inventors:
Mickey L. Love, Londonderry, NH (US);
Laurie Jean Schleck, Candia, NH (US);
Assignee:
Freudenberg-NOK General Partnership, Plymouth, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 1/36 (2006.01); B60G 11/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides a rate stiffening jounce bumper assembly, including a cup member having a large-headed mushroom stud which is inserted into the cup-shaped member and overmolded with an elastomeric bumper material. The head portion of the mushroom stud forms a shelf against which the bumper material is compressed such that the head portion effectively shortens the bumper spring thereby providing a stiffer spring rate to be obtained with a taller jounce bumper assembly.