Shock absorber mounting in motor vehicles

US3989293A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Daimler-Benz AG · DE

Inventors

• Fritz Haberle
• Daniel Riechers · Sindelfingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 16, 1974
• Grant date: Nov 2, 1976
• Expiry date: Sep 16, 1994

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T403/456
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A shock absorber fastening at the bumper of motor vehicles, in which an impact plate is secured externally at the bottom of the shock absorber housing which projects considerably beyond the circumference of the shock absorber housing bottom; the impact plate is embedded within a shock absorber bearing of an elastomer or polyurethane material; the impact plate is detachably secured at the bumper by way of a metal cap at least partly surrounding the shock absorber bearing, through which a shock absorber housing part is adapted to be extended.