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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2014
Applicant:
Fraunhofer-gesellschaft Zur Foerderung Der Angewandten Forschung E.v., Munich, DE;
Inventors:
Dominik Laveuve, Darmstadt, DE;
Paul Becker, Weiterstadt, DE;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 1/366 (2006.01); B60G 11/00 (2006.01); F16F 1/36 (2006.01); F16F 1/371 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 1/366 (2013.01); B60G 11/00 (2013.01); F16F 1/3605 (2013.01); F16F 1/371 (2013.01); B60G 2202/14 (2013.01); B60G 2206/71 (2013.01);
Abstract
A spring element that includes a spring body that is at least chiefly formed from an elastomer, wherein at least one reinforcement fiber is embedded into the elastomer. The at least one reinforcement fiber has an arcuate course in a non-loaded condition of the spring element, so that the spring element has a non-linear spring characteristic.