MUMBAI, India, Sept. 7 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202617081788 A) filed by Firestone Industrial Products Company, LLC on July 02, 2026, for Gas Spring End Members And Gas Spring Assemblies Including Same.
Inventors include Capek, Jeffery T.; Manzoor, Suhale; Wojtkowiak, Pawel; Debruler, Brian S.; Wentink, Machiel G. A.; Adcock, Brandon C.; Martusevich, Kirill; Patel, Naimesh; De Araujo, Jr. , Carlos Roberto; and Voultsios, Constantinos.
The application for the patent was published on September 04, 2026, under issue no. 36/2026.
Abstract: Gas spring end members securable to mounting beads of flexible spring member for gas spring assemblies. The gas spring end members include an end member wall (316) with a mounting wall portion (318) and a connecting wall portion (328) that are formed from a common material. The mounting wall portion (318) includes opposing mounting and inner surface portions with a first nominal wall thickness (MWT) therebetween. The connecting wall portion (328) is disposed radially outward of the mounting wall portion and projects axially toward a distal edge. The connecting wall portion includes inner and outer surface portions with a second nominal wall thickness (CWT) therebetween that is at least approximately ten (10) percent less than the first nominal wall thickness of the mounting wall portion. Gas spring assemblies including one or more of such end members as well as suspension systems and methods of assembly are also included.
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