IP Library Granted Patent US 11,719,304
Granted Patent B2
US 11,719,304 · App. 17/214,265 · Granted Aug 8, 2023

Damper assembly

Inventors: Franky Montagna (Bilzen, BE); Ronny Vanbrabant (Heusden-Zolder, BE); Rahul Popatrao Ekatpure (Sint-Truiden, BE)
Assignee: DRiV Automotive Inc.
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Patent No.
US 11,719,304
App. No.
17/214,265
Granted
Aug 8, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A damper assembly includes a cylinder defining a chamber. The damper assembly includes a body supported by the cylinder and having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The body defines a passage extending from the first surface to the second surface. One of the first surface or the second surface define a slope at the passage. The damper assembly includes a check disc at the slope, the check disc selectively restricting fluid flow through the passage.

Claims (23)

1. A damper assembly, comprising:

a cylinder defining a chamber;

a body supported by the cylinder and having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, the body defining a passage in fluid communication with the chamber and extending from the first surface to the second surface, the first surface defining a slope at the passage; and

a check disc at the slope, the check disc movable from an unflexed position spaced from the first surface at the slope toward the body to a flexed position on the first surface at the slope to selectively restrict fluid flow through the passage.

2. The damper assembly of claim 1 , further comprising an orifice disc between the check disc and the body movable from a second unflexed position toward the body to a second flexed position.

3. The damper assembly of claim 2 , wherein the orifice disc abuts the body and the check disc.

4. The damper assembly of claim 2 , wherein the orifice disc defines an orifice between the check disc and the body, the orifice open in a radial direction.

5. The damper assembly of claim 1 , wherein the slope is convex relative to the body.

6. The damper assembly of claim 1 , wherein the check disc in the unflexed position is spaced from the first surface at an outer edge of the passage and in the flexed position is on the first surface at the outer edge of the passage.

7. The damper assembly of claim 1 , wherein the slope is concave relative to the body.

8. The damper assembly of claim 1 , wherein the check disc is in the unflexed position is spaced from the first surface at an inner edge of the passage and in the flexed position is on the first surface at the inner edge of the passage.

9. The damper assembly of claim 1 , wherein the check disc selectively restricts fluid flow in a first direction, and further comprising a second check disc selectively restricting fluid flow through the passage in a second direction opposite first direction the second check disc movable from a second unflexed position toward the body to a second flexed position.

10. The damper assembly of claim 1 , wherein the body defines a second passage extending from the first surface to the second surface, and further comprising a blow off disc flexible away from the body to selectively permit fluid flow out of the second passage.

11. The damper assembly of claim 10 , wherein the check disc is between the body and the blow off disc.

12. The damper assembly of claim 10 , wherein the blow off disc defines an opening and a center opening.

13. The damper assembly of claim 12 , further comprising a spacer disc abutting the blow off disc and covering the opening of the blow off disc.

14. The damper assembly of claim 10 , further comprising a restriction disc abutting the body and covering a portion of the second passage.

15. The damper assembly of claim 10 , further comprising a spring disc urging the blow off disc toward the body.

16. The damper assembly of claim 15 , further comprising a ring between the spring disc and the blow off disc, and a restriction disc abutting the body and covering a portion of the second passage.

17. The damper assembly of claim 10 , further comprising a plurality of spring discs urging the blow off disc toward the body, the springs discs progressively decreasing in size.

18. The damper assembly of claim 1 , further comprising a spring urging the check disc toward the body.

19. The damper assembly of claim 18 , wherein the spring includes a base and a plurality of arms extending circumferentially and axially from the base.

20. The damper assembly of claim 1 , wherein the body is a piston.

Assignments (5)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 20, 2025
From: DRIV AUTOMOTIVE INC.
To: ADVANCED SUSPENSION TECHNOLOGY LLC
Reel/Frame 072553/0175 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT (ABL) Recorded Apr 7, 2023
From: TENNECO INC.; DRIV AUTOMOTIVE INC.; FEDERAL-MOGUL CHASSIS LLC; FEDERAL-MOGUL IGNITION LLC; FEDERAL-MOGUL MOTORPARTS LLC; FEDERAL-MOGUL POWERTRAIN LLC; FEDERAL-MOGUL WORLD WIDE LLC; TENNECO AUTOMOTIVE OPERATING COMPANY INC.; THE PULLMAN COMPANY
To: CITIBANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 063268/0506 →
NOTICE OF GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS (FIRST LIEN) Recorded Nov 22, 2022
From: DRIV AUTOMOTIVE INC.; FEDERAL-MOGUL CHASSIS LLC; FEDERAL-MOGUL IGNITION LLC; FEDERAL-MOGUL MOTORPARTS LLC; FEDERAL-MOGUL POWERTRAIN LLC; FEDERAL-MOGUL WORLD WIDE LLC; TENNECO AUTOMOTIVE OPERATING COMPANY INC.; TENNECO INC.; THE PULLMAN COMPANY
To: CITIBANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 061989/0689 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE NAME OF INVENTOR PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 055737 FRAME: 0614. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Mar 30, 2021
From: MONTAGNA, FRANKY; VANBRABANT, RONNY; EKATPURE, RAHUL POPATRAO
To: DRIV AUTOMOTIVE INC.
Reel/Frame 055763/0560 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 26, 2021
From: MONTAGNA, FRANKY; EKATPURE, RAHUL POPATRAO
To: DRIV AUTOMOTIVE INC.
Reel/Frame 055737/0614 →
Continuity (4)
Provisional Application 63090510 · Oct 12, 2020
Provisional Application 63090475 · Oct 12, 2020
Provisional Application 63001013 · Mar 27, 2020
Related Publication 20210301897A1 · Sep 30, 2021
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