Patents Assigned to Edwards Industries
  • Patent number: 6485008
    Abstract: An automotive suspension assembly providing a jounce stop arrangement. The elastic bumper is placed into a flexible cup. The flexible cup connects to the surface of the cylinder of a strut assembly or other assembly. Upon application of a force upon the elastic bumper, the elastic bumper collapses into the flexible cup. The flexible cup also expands in reaction to the force upon the elastic bumper. The assembly provides dual system of absorbing the energy from an impact in the combination of collapsing and expanding of the elastic bumper and flexible cup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2002
    Assignee: Edwards Industries
    Inventor: Gary J. Griffin