Abstract: An air spring has an air-spring lobe made of elastomer material, which is clamped at the lobe ends thereof via connection parts between the sprung mass and the unsprung mass and is connected by way of the connection parts to the fastening parts of the sprung and the unsprung mass. The connection parts and the air-spring lobe enclose the working chamber that is under internal pressure and contains the air-spring volume. The working chamber is in connection with at least one air connection provided in the connection parts. At least one of the connection parts is connected to the associated fastening part by a releasable snap-in or latching connection and the snap-in or latching connection includes at least one air connection, to which a feed line or a hose for the compressed air supply is connected.

Abstract: An air spring has an air-spring lobe made of elastomer material, which is clamped at the lobe ends thereof via connection parts between the sprung mass and the unsprung mass and is connected by way of the connection parts to the fastening parts of the sprung and the unsprung mass. The connection parts and the air-spring lobe enclose the working chamber that is under internal pressure and contains the air-spring volume. The working chamber is in connection with at least one air connection provided in the connection parts. At least one of the connection parts is connected to the associated fastening part by a releasable snap-in or latching connection and the snap-in or latching connection includes at least one air connection, to which a feed line or a hose for the compressed air supply is connected.

Abstract: A method of presenting video content to clients of an e-commerce, information-based or services website is provided enabling their website designers or providers to benefit from the vastly growing amount of video content on the Internet and automate the integration of already generated video content into their web services pages, products and services.

Abstract: Known shock-absorbing elements are provided with overflow throttles equipped with sealing disks. These overflow throttles have different opening characteristics for the two directions which cannot be changed. The aim of the invention is therefore to provide a novel overflow throttle that can be freely selected and changed. To this end, the overflow throttle consists of a first (13) and a second overflow throttle (13) that are spatially separate and that are allocated to respective pressure chambers (10, 11). Both overflow throttles are provided with sealing disks (23) and are oriented opposite to the sense of the direction of flow. Every overflow throttle (13) is linked with the other pressure chamber (10, 11) via at least one through bore (35) that evades the opposite overflow throttle (13).

Abstract: Conventional gas spring damper units generally develop a lot of noise, which, in the first case, may be traced back to a lack of insulation in the upper support bearing. According to the invention, the upper support bearing (16) should thus be fitted with an additional pressure equalisation chamber (30) on the side of the rubber element (18), facing away from the spring chamber (12), which is connected to the spring chamber (12), by means of a pressure equalisation channel.

Abstract: Gas spring damper units have flow limiting valves, which are either constant flow drillings or spring loaded non-return valves. Said solutions either do not permit a damping behavior which is dependent upon the direction of displacement or are too complicated and expensive. According to the Invention, the flow limiting valves (15) thus each have a different flow resistance depending upon the direction of flow and the flow resistance of each flow limiting valve (15) is set in at least one direction such that the critical Reynolds number for the transition from laminar flow to turbulent flow lies within the pressure difference across the flow limiting valve (15) as determined by the possible piston speeds.