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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2011
Gary W. Groves, Toledo, OH (US);
Ben Schaller, Toledo, OH (US);
Darrell G. Breese, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Daniel T. Keil, Temperance, MI (US);
Andrew M. Jacobson, Canton, MI (US);
John P. Mcgahey, Trenton, MI (US);
Gary W. Groves, Toledo, OH (US);
Ben Schaller, Toledo, OH (US);
Darrell G. Breese, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Daniel T. Keil, Temperance, MI (US);
Andrew M. Jacobson, Canton, MI (US);
John P. McGahey, Trenton, MI (US);
Tenneco Automotive Operating Company Inc., Lake Forest, IL (US);
Abstract
A shock absorber includes a valve assembly which includes a valve disc engaging an inner and outer valve land defined by a valve body. The inner valve land is a non-circular valve land such that a radial dimension between the inner and outer valve land varies based upon a circumferential position of the radial dimension. The varying radial dimension provides a progressive valve opening for the valve assembly.