JOUNCE BUMPER

摘要

Jounce bumper (14) for mounting in a vehicle suspension system, said vehicle suspension system comprising a shock absorber with a cylinder and a slidable piston rod (12), said jounce bumper (14) including an elastically compressible bumper portion (24) comprising an axially extending central bore (15) for receiving the piston rod therethrough, a mounting portion (18) positioned at one end of the bumper portion configured for mounting the jounce bumper to a component of the vehicle suspension system, and a bending lip positioned at an opposite end of the bumper portion and configured to generally surround the piston rod, the bending lip comprising a contact edge configured to contact a striker plate of the shock absorber during compression of the shock absorber. The contact edge is configured to contact said striker plate on only part of a closed circumference surrounding the piston rod, at least during initial contact between the bending lip and striker plate.