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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2007
Leo W. Davis, Addison, TX (US);
Leo W. Davis, Addison, TX (US);
Horstman, Inc., Washington, MI (US);
Abstract
An in-arm suspension () is provided for actively controlling a suspension arm () mounted to a vehicle frame (). The suspension arm () has a housing () in which the a compressible fluid strut () and a fluid control section () are enclosed. The compressible fluid strut () includes a cylinder () and a piston rod () which is urged to extend from within the cylinder () in response to fluid pressure applied to compressible fluid disposed within the cylinder (). A damper piston () is mounted to an interior portion of the piston rod (), and moves with the piston rod () to pass the compressible fluid through the damper pistonand attenuate bounce and rebound of the piston rod () within the cylinder (). A damper lock () is mounted to the piston rod () for selectively preventing the flow of compressible fluid through the damper piston ().