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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2013
Applicant:
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Inventors:
Klaus Trangbaek, Herzliya Pituach, IL;
Avshalom Suissa, Kiryat Ono, IL;
Assignee:
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 6/005 (2013.01); B60G 2202/16 (2013.01); B60G 2600/24 (2013.01); F16F 2222/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A suspension assembly between a sprung element and an unsprung element includes a load-carrying spring element arranged in parallel with a negative stiffness element between the sprung element and the unsprung element. The negative stiffness element includes first and second opposed mutually-repelling elements.