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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2016
Tenneco Automotive Operating Company Inc., Lake Forest, IL (US);
Koenraad Reybrouck, Brussels, BE;
Thomas P. Mallin, Temperance, MI (US);
Piotr Grzanka, Gliwice, PL;
Jacek Cylok, Mikolow, PL;
Frederik Balcaen, Welle, BE;
Tenneco Automotive Operating Company Inc., Lake Forest, IL (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a shock absorber having a pressure tube which defines a fluid chamber, and a piston assembly. The piston assembly is disposed within the fluid chamber and divides the fluid chamber into upper and lower working chambers. A reserve tube surrounds the pressure tube to define a reservoir chamber between the reserve tube and the pressure tube. The pressure tube is disposed between a rod guide assembly and a lower mount. A structural integrity of the pressure tube is greater than a structural integrity of the reserve tube, and the pressure tube further operates as a principal load bearing component for the shock absorber.