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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2014
Filed:
May. 24, 2011
Tim Holman, Nailsea, GB;
Robert D'aubyn, Bath, GB;
Tim Holman, Nailsea, GB;
Robert D'Aubyn, Bath, GB;
Horstman Defence Systems Limited, Bath, GB;
Abstract
A suspension unitcomprising a resilient arrangementis provided. The damping arrangementcomprises a chamber having a primary volume arranged to contain a primary fluid and jounce and rebound variable volumesarranged to contain jounce and rebound fluids respectively. A pistonis slidably disposed in the chamber so as to act on the primary fluid and jounce and rebound moveable membersseparate the primary fluid from jounce and rebound volumesrespectively. A jounce abutment memberis provided to limit the movement of the jounce moveable memberand a rebound abutment memberis provided to limit the movement of the rebound moveable member. When in use and the pistonis in a static position, the jounce moveable memberabuts the jounce abutment memberand the rebound moveable memberabuts the rebound abutmentmember over a range of temperatures. When used with a vehicle, the vehicle can maintain a constant ride hide at the static vehicle position over the temperatures range.