IP Library Granted Patent US 10,137,751
Granted Patent B2
US 10,137,751 · App. 14/421,850 · Granted Nov 27, 2018

Air spring comprising adsorptive material

Inventors: Juergen Berg (Barsbuettel, DE); Jakob Gras (Hamburg, DE); Matthias Wolf (Leuneburg, DE); Erhard Moog (Sittensen, DE)
Assignee: VIBRACOUSTIC GMBH
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Patent No.
US 10,137,751
App. No.
14/421,850
Granted
Nov 27, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

An air spring system comprising at least one air spring with at least one compressed air chamber with a variable volume. The at least one air spring is connected to a compressor unit as a compressed air supply device with a compressed air storage device. A compressed air space of at least one of the air spring or the compressed air storage device is provided with an adsorptive material.

Claims (15)

1. An air spring system comprising:

at least one air spring with at least one compressed air chamber, the compressed air chamber comprising a first chamber with a variable volume defined at least in part by a rolling bellows and a second chamber in fluid communication with the first chamber, the at least one air spring being connected to a compressor unit as a compressed air supply device, wherein a compressed air space of the second chamber is provided with an adsorptive material, wherein the adsorptive material is an agglomerated porous monolithic element defining a geometrical shape that fills the second chamber.

2. The air spring system according to claim 1 , wherein the agglomerated porous monolithic element is provided with compressed air ducts.

3. The air spring system according to claim 2 , wherein the compressed air ducts are comprised of fiber bundles inlaid into the agglomerated porous monolithic element.

4. The air spring system according to claim 1 , wherein agglomeration is achieved via a sintering process with the application of pressure and an increased temperature.

5. The air spring system according to claim 1 , wherein the agglomerated porous monolithic element is comprised of a coating.

6. The air spring system according to claim 1 , wherein the agglomerated porous monolithic element is covered by an air-permeable layer.

7. The air spring system according to claim 6 , wherein the air-permeable layer is comprised of an air-permeable elastomer.

8. The air spring system according to claim 1 , wherein the second chamber is a pot of the air spring.

9. The air spring system according to claim 1 , wherein at least one said agglomerated porous monolithic element is inserted into an additional container disposed on the at least one air spring.

10. The air spring system according to claim 1 , wherein the agglomerated porous monolithic element has the shape of a cylinder.

11. The air spring system according to claim 1 , wherein the agglomerated porous monolithic element is replaceable.

12. The air spring system according to claim 1 , wherein the adsorptive material is an activated carbon.

13. An air spring system comprising:

at least one air spring with at least one compressed air chamber with a variable volume, the at least one air spring being connected to a compressor unit as a compressed air supply device and a compressed air storage device, wherein a compressed air space of the compressed air storage device is provided with an adsorptive material, wherein the adsorptive material is an agglomerated porous monolithic element that fills the compressed air space.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 25, 2021
From: VIBRACOUSTIC AG
To: VIBRACOUSTIC SE
Reel/Frame 058357/0478 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 4, 2021
From: VIBRACOUSTIC GMBH
To: VIBRACOUSTIC AG
Reel/Frame 057687/0381 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 23, 2018
From: TRELLEBORGVIBRACOUSTIC GMBH
To: VIBRACOUSTIC GMBH
Reel/Frame 045995/0086 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 16, 2015
From: BERG, JUERGEN; GRAS, JAKOB; WOLF, MATTHIAS; MOOG, ERHARD
To: TRELLEBORGVIBRACOUSTIC GMBH
Reel/Frame 034965/0673 →
Priority Claims (2)
EP 13000430 · Jan 29, 2013 · regional
EP 13002799 · May 29, 2013 · regional
Continuity (1)
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