Shock absorber and air spring assembly

摘要

A shock absorber and air spring assembly includes an air spring and a shock absorber. The air spring has a cover, a roll-off piston and a flexible member having a lower end portion attached to the roll-off piston to form a lower rolling lobe and an upper end portion attached to the cover so as to form an upper rolling lobe. The flexible member encloses a volume of air and deflects over a spring path during operation of the assembly. The shock absorber is interposed between the cover and the roll-off piston. At least a region of the upper rolling lobe is in contact engagement with the cover over at least a portion of the spring path so as to cause the upper rolling lobe to define an elastic element facilitating a pivoting of the air spring relative to the shock absorber over the portion of the spring path.