US 11,685,212 B2
Hydraulic jounce bumper with improved installation
Fernando Sosa, West Bloomfield, MI (US); and Jack Wiley Cooper, Novi, MI (US)
Assigned to FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Nov. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/527,269.
Prior Publication US 2023/0150328 A1, May 18, 2023
Int. Cl. B60G 15/06 (2006.01); B60G 3/01 (2006.01)
CPC B60G 15/063 (2013.01) [B60G 3/01 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A damping assembly for a vehicle suspension system, the damping assembly comprising:
a spring comprising a first end operably coupled to a body of a vehicle and a second end operably coupled to a wheel assembly of the vehicle;
a spring isolator operably coupling the body of the vehicle to the first end of the spring;
a hydraulic jounce bumper to dampen jounce forces on the vehicle; and
a reinforcement member operably coupled to the hydraulic jounce bumper at a proximal end of the reinforcement member and to the spring isolator at a distal end of the reinforcement member,
wherein the reinforcement member is integrated with the spring isolator at the distal end of the reinforcement member,
wherein the reinforcement member is adjustably operably coupled to a sleeve of the hydraulic jounce bumper.