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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2013
Tenneco Automotive Operating Company Inc., Lake Forest, IL (US);
Matthew L. Roessle, Temperance, MI (US);
Karl C. Kazmirski, Temperance, MI (US);
Thomas P. Mallin, Temperance, MI (US);
John McGahey, Trenton, MI (US);
Timothy Bombrys, Bowling Green, OH (US);
David R. Blankenship, Canton, MI (US);
Jeroen K. Paenhuysen, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Tenneco Automotive Operating Company Inc., Lake Forest, IL (US);
Abstract
A shock absorber has a housing with a piston rod assembly disposed therein. A first rod guide member is secured within a first portion of the housing so as to be concentrically disposed about at least a portion of the piston rod assembly. A second rod guide member is secured within the housing adjacent the first rod guide member so as to be concentrically disposed about at least another portion of the piston rod assembly. An electronically controlled valve assembly is disposed within the second rod guide member and is in communication with the first rod guide member.