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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2016

Filed:

Oct. 05, 2012
Applicant:

Firestone Industrial Products Company, Llc, Indianapolis, IN (US);

Inventor:

Joseph A. Bounds, Fishers, IN (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 9/05 (2006.01); B60G 15/12 (2006.01); B60G 15/14 (2006.01); B60G 17/052 (2006.01); F16F 9/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60G 15/12 (2013.01); B60G 15/14 (2013.01); B60G 17/0521 (2013.01); F16F 9/049 (2013.01); F16F 9/0454 (2013.01); B60G 2202/242 (2013.01); B60G 2202/314 (2013.01); B60G 2202/32 (2013.01); B60G 2204/1262 (2013.01); B60G 2206/00 (2013.01); F16F 2226/04 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49609 (2015.01);
Abstract

A gas spring and gas damper assembly () includes a gas spring assembly () and a gas damper assembly (). The gas spring assembly () includes a first wall portion (), a second wall portion () disposed in spaced relation to the first wall portion (), and a flexible wall section () connected therebetween. The gas damper assembly () includes a third wall portion () disposed in longitudinally-spaced relation to the first wall portion (), and a second flexible wall section () connected between the second wall portion () and the third wall portion (). A fourth wall portion () is disposed between the first () and second () wall sections to define two pressurized gas chambers (). A damper rod () connects at least the first () and third () wall portions. Methods are also included.


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