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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
May. 15, 2012
Ravindra P Patil, Troy, MI (US);
Robert T. Jane, Orion, MI (US);
Michael A. Ray, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Robert L. Geisler, Grand Blanc, MI (US);
Joseph A. Schudt, Macomb, MI (US);
Ravindra P Patil, Troy, MI (US);
Robert T. Jane, Orion, MI (US);
Michael A. Ray, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Robert L. Geisler, Grand Blanc, MI (US);
Joseph A. Schudt, Macomb, MI (US);
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle suspension system including a shock upper mount assembly mounted to vehicle structure, a jounce bumper being made of an elastomeric material and including a vertically extending rod bore around a rod of a shock absorber, and a jounce rate cup. The jounce rate cup is made of an elastomeric material and includes a horizontally extending support flange having a lower surface mounted on the jounce bumper, a horizontally extending dust boot attachment flange spaced from the support flange and having an upper surface located below and adjacent to the shock upper mount assembly, and a vertical flange extending between the support flange and the dust boot attachment flange to define a gap between the support flange and the dust boot attachment flange, with the jounce rate cup including a vertically extending rod bore mounted around the rod.