Spring housing

- Hendrickson USA, L.L.C.
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Description

FIG. 1 is an elevational view showing a front side of a spring housing having the inventive design, and FIG. 1 includes section line 1212;

FIG. 2 is a top view of the spring housing shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an elevational view showing the left side of the spring housing shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 includes section line 1313;

FIG. 4 is an elevational view showing the right side of the spring housing shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 4 includes section line 1414;

FIG. 5 is an elevational view showing a back side of the spring housing shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 5 includes section lines 1010 and 1111;

FIG. 6 is a bottom view of the spring housing shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing the top, back side, and right side of the spring housing shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing the top, front side, and left side of the spring housing shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing the bottom, back side, and right side of the spring housing shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 10 is a sectional view of the spring housing shown in FIG. 5, taken along section line 1010 thereof;

FIG. 11 is a sectional view of the spring housing shown in FIG. 5, taken along section line 1111 thereof;

FIG. 12 is a sectional view of the spring housing shown in FIG. 1, taken along section line 1212 thereof;

FIG. 13 is a sectional view of the spring housing shown in FIG. 3, taken along section line 1313 thereof; and,

FIG. 14 is a sectional view of the spring housing shown in FIG. 4, taken along section line 1414 thereof.

The section lines shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 3, FIG. 4, and FIG. 5 form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

The ornamental design for a spring housing, as shown and described.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
3279820 October 1966 Hickman
4753456 June 28, 1988 Booher
D344254 February 15, 1994 Zimmerman
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Patent History
Patent number: D624464
Type: Grant
Filed: Jun 24, 2009
Date of Patent: Sep 28, 2010
Assignee: Hendrickson USA, L.L.C. (Itasca, IL)
Inventors: Shawn D. Noble (Naperville, IL), Michael P. Robinson (Chicago, IL)
Primary Examiner: T. Chase Nelson
Assistant Examiner: Michael A Pratt
Attorney: McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP
Application Number: 29/339,132
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Chassis Element (33) (D12/159)