MUMBAI, India, Aug. 29 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517072556 A) filed by Firestone Industrial Products Company Llc, Nashville, U.S.A., on July 30, for 'gas spring end member assemblies as well as gas spring assemblies and methods of manufacture including same.'
Inventor(s) include Manzoor Suhale; and Onita Gabriel V.
The application for the patent was published on Aug. 29, under issue no. 35/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Gas spring end member assemblies include an end member body and an endless annular ring. The end member body includes a body wall formed from polymeric material with a crimp wall portion extending axially and dimensioned to receive an end of a gas spring flexible member. The endless annular ring is positioned in abutting engagement along an inner side surface portion of the crimp wall portion. The endless annular ring provides increased radial rigidity to the crimp wall portion under radially-inward forces securing the end of the gas spring flexible member along the crimp wall portion. The crimp wall portion is disposed radially outward of the endless annular ring, which frictionally engages the inner side surface portion of the crimp wall portion but is otherwise unconstrained in at least one axial direction by the body wall. Gas spring assemblies, suspension systems, and methods of manufacture are also included."
The patent application was internationally filed on Feb. 07, 2024, under International application No.PCT/US2024/014706.
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