Patents
US 11859688 B2: Gas spring and damper assemblies as well as suspension systems including same
- Granted
- 2024-01-02
- Filed
- 2020-12-23 application 17790478
- Type
- Utility · 20 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
End members are supportable along a damper housing and dimensioned for securement to flexible spring member. End members include a wall with a side wall portion including an inner side surface portion. First projections extend toward a first inner edge with a first shoulder surface portion faces a second end. Second projections extend inward beyond the inner side surface portion toward a second inner edge with a second shoulder surface portion facing a first end. Second projections are spaced axially from first projections such that a groove is formed inward of the inner side surface portion between first and second shoulder surface portions. End member assemblies including such an end member as well as gas spring and damper assemblies and suspension systems are also included.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg240102.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firestone Industrial Products Company, LLC 193 patents | US company or organization | Nashville, TN | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph A. Bounds | Hermitage, TN | 14 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| F16F | Springs; shock-absorbers; means for damping vibration | F16F9/0454 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| B60G | Vehicle suspension arrangements | B60G15/12 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-06-30 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | BOUNDS, JOSEPH A. signed 2020-01-15 | FIRESTONE INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS COMPANY, LLC NASHVILLE, TN | 60376/978 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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