JOUNCE BUMPER NOSE RETAINING FEATURE FOR A SHOCK ABSORBER

• Main Authors: CONRAD, CHRISTOPHER, SCHALLER, BEN, FLENIKEN, GREGORY
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 12.09.2014
• Subjects: BLASTING; ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVEFUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; HEATING; LIGHTING; MEANS FOR DAMPING VIBRATION; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; SPRINGS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLE SUSPENSION ARRANGEMENTS; VEHICLES IN GENERAL; WEAPONS

A shock absorber includes an elastomeric jounce bumper which engages a jounce bumper cap during relatively large compression movements of the shock absorber. The jounce bumper cap includes a jounce bumper nose retaining feature which engages the nose of the jounce bumper during the compression movements. The jounce bumper nose retaining feature restricts sliding movement of the elastomeric jounce bumper with respect to the jounce bumper cap to eliminate noises associated with the relative movement. L'invention porte sur un amortisseur, qui comprend un tampon de rebond élastomère qui s'accouple à un chapeau de tampon de rebond pendant des mouvements de compression relativement grands de l'amortisseur. Le chapeau de tampon de rebond comprend un élément de retenue de nez de tampon de rebond qui s'accouple au nez du tampon de rebond pendant les mouvements de compression. L'élément de retenue de nez de tampon de rebond limite un mouvement de glissement du tampon de rebond élastomère par rapport au chapeau de tampon de rebond pour éliminer des bruits liés au mouvement relatif.