公开(公告)号：US09579944B2

公开(公告)日：2017-02-28

申请号：US14849005

申请日：2015-09-09

Applicant: Tenneco Automotive Operating Company Inc.

Inventor： Jacobus Schel ,  Stijn Eeckhoudt

IPC: B60G15/14 ,  B60G17/052 ,  B60G17/056 ,  B60G17/06

CPC classification number: B60G17/0528 ,  B60G17/056 ,  B60G17/06 ,  B60G2202/152 ,  B60G2204/111 ,  B60G2204/162 ,  B60G2500/30 ,  B60G2800/0124

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an air spring apparatus for use with a cabin of a vehicle. The apparatus has an upper assembly, a lower assembly, a shock absorber, a bladder, a flexible bumper element and a control element. The shock absorber has a piston rod protruding therefrom and extending through the other one of the upper and lower assemblies. The bladder is attached to the upper and lower assemblies. The flexible bumper element is secured to the piston rod adjacent one of the upper and lower assemblies, and secured to the other one of the upper and lower assemblies. The control element is secured to the flexible bumper element at a first end, and to a valve at a second end, and controls operation of the valve. The flexible bumper element can flex in response to torsional or tilting forces experienced by the one of the upper and lower assemblies, to thus help to limit these forces from being imparted to the control element.

Abstract translation: 本公开涉及一种与车辆舱室一起使用的空气弹簧装置。 该装置具有上部组件，下部组件，减震器，气囊，柔性保险杠元件和控制元件。 减震器具有从其突出并延伸穿过上部和下部组件中的另一个的活塞杆。 膀胱连接到上部和下部组件。 柔性保险杠元件固定到靠近上部和下部组件中的一个的活塞杆，并固定到上部和下部组件中的另一个。 控制元件在第一端处固定到柔性缓冲元件，并在第二端固定到阀，并且控制阀的操作。 柔性保险杠元件可以响应于上部和下部组件中的一个所经受的扭转或倾斜力而弯曲，从而有助于限制这些力被施加到控制元件。