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Spring-and-damper assembly

US8662236B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Stabilus GmbH · DE

Inventors

Ulrich Koestler · Hebertshausen, DE
Arne KOEHLER · Pliening, DE
Nadja Kaiser · Koblenz, DE
Gerhard Stein · Kelheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 26, 2011
Grant date	Mar 4, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 3, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T403/32737
WIPO fieldMechanical elements
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Spring-and-damper assembly articulated at a front hood and body of a motor vehicle and has, in a cylinder, a gas pressure damper with a damping piston, a piston rod outwardly loaded by the gaseous medium through an axial opening in the cylinder and assists opening of the front hood. An actuator activated by a sensor device to adjust the front hood into a raised pedestrian protection position. The piston rod or the cylinder or a structural component part is axially adjustable relative to a supporting part supporting the assembly to be limited between stops. The structural component part or supporting part is a ball head supported in a joint socket or a joint head having a joint socket for a ball head connected at least indirectly to the piston rod or to the cylinder. The joint socket is formed so as to be groove-shaped in axial direction so that the ball head is axially adjustable in the joint socket in a limited manner.

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