Robert T Jane

US Patent:

20130307204, Nov 21, 2013

Filed:

May 15, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/471540

Inventors:

Ravindra P. Patil - Troy MI, US
Robert T. Jane - Orion MI, US
Michael A. Ray - Sterling Heights MI, US
Robert L. Geisler - Grand Blanc MI, US
Joseph A. Schudt - Macomb MI, US

Assignee:

GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC - Detroit MI

International Classification:

B60G 11/22
B60G 15/06

US Classification:

267220, 267292

Abstract:

A vehicle suspension system including a shock upper mount assembly mounted to vehicle structure, a jounce bumper being made of an elastomeric material and including a vertically extending rod bore around a rod of a shock absorber, and a jounce rate cup. The jounce rate cup is made of an elastomeric material and includes a horizontally extending support flange having a lower surface mounted on the jounce bumper, a horizontally extending dust boot attachment flange spaced from the support flange and having an upper surface located below and adjacent to the shock upper mount assembly, and a vertical flange extending between the support flange and the dust boot attachment flange to define a gap between the support flange and the dust boot attachment flange, with the jounce rate cup including a vertically extending rod bore mounted around the rod.