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Plastic leaf spring

US4688778A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 29, 1983
Grant dateAug 25, 1987
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Expiry dateSep 29, 2003

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T156/1075
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A plastic leaf spring for motor vehicles comprising a plurality of cured durometic plastic strips reinforced with high strength fibers aligned substantially in the direction of the maximum elongation or compression of the fibers occurring under spring load at least in essential resilient regions of the spring, the resilient regions being the strips bonded together by an adhesive and eventually also being bonded to another element and a process for its preparation.

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