Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Load dependent damper for a vehicle suspension system
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Application No.: US14664393Application Date: 2015-03-20
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Publication No.: US09669679B2Publication Date: 2017-06-06
- Inventor: Jason J. Zuleger , Robert K. Sollenskog
- Applicant: Oshkosh Defense, LLC
- Applicant Address: US WI Oshkosh
- Assignee: Oshkosh Defense, LLC
- Current Assignee: Oshkosh Defense, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US WI Oshkosh
- Agency: Foley & Lardner LLP
- Main IPC: B60G17/08
- IPC: B60G17/08 ; B60G13/06 ; B60G15/12 ; F16F9/348 ; F16F9/512 ; F16F9/46 ; B60G13/08 ; F16F9/34

Abstract:
A damper assembly for a vehicle suspension system includes a damper and a manifold. The damper includes a tubular sidewall that defines an inner damper volume and a plunger separating the inner damper volume into a first chamber and a second chamber. The damper defines a first opening in fluid communication with the first chamber and a second opening in fluid communication with the second chamber. The manifold includes a housing having a pilot and defining a flow path between an inlet port and an outlet port, a flow controller coupled to the housing and positioned along the flow path, and a piston including a pilot end coupled to the pilot and an interface end that engages the flow controller with a pilot force. The inlet port is in fluid communication with at least one of the first opening and the second opening of the damper.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150191069A1 LOAD DEPENDENT DAMPER FOR A VEHICLE SUSPENSION SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2015-07-09
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