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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2018
Filed:
May. 22, 2014
Firestone Industrial Products Company, Llc, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Brian S. DeBruler, Noblesville, IN (US);
Firestone Industrial Products Company, LLC, Nashville, TN (US);
Abstract
An end member () is dimensioned to engage an end of a flexible spring member () to at least partially form a gas spring assembly. The end member () includes an end member wall that has a longitudinal axis. The end member includes a securement wall portion () having an outer surface with a surface profile dimensioned to abuttingly engage the end of the flexible spring member (). The surface profile includes a plurality of concave profile sections and a plurality of convex profile sections that are dimensioned to generate a progressively increasing compression force along at least a section of the securement wall portion (). A gas spring assembly including such an end member () is included. A suspension system including one or more gas spring assemblies and a method of assembly are also included.