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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2012
Firestone Industrial Products Company, Llc, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Joseph A. Bounds, Fishers, IN (US);
Firestone Industrial Products Company, LLC, Indianapolis, IN (US);
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.