Suspension for vehicles or the like

Claim 1

IN A SUSPENSION FOR VEHICLES OR THE LIKE, IN COMBINATION, HYDRAULIC SHOCK ABSORBER MEANS INCLUDING A CYLINDER AND A PISTON SLIDABLE THEREIN AND HAVING A PAIR OF OPPOSED FACES ONE OF WHICH HAS A LARGER EFFECTIVE AREA THAT THE OTHER AND SAID PISTON DIVIDING THE INTERIOR OF SAID CYLINDER INTO A PAIR OF CHAMBERS ONE OF WHICH IS DEFINED IN PART BY SAID FACE OF SAID PISTON WHICH IS OF LARGER EFFECTIVE AREA: NON-RETURN VALVE MEANS COMMUNICATING WITH SAID ONE CHAMBER OF SAID CYLINDER FOR ADMITTING HYDRAULIC LIQUID INTO SAID ONE CHAMBER DURING AN INCREASE IN THE VOLUME THEREOF WHILE PREVENTING LIQUID FROM DISCHARGING THROUGH SAID NON-RETURN VALVE MEANS DURING A DECREASE IN THE VOLUME OF SAID ONE CHAMBER OF SAID CYLINDER; AND A LOADING ASSEMBLY OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID SHOCK ABSORBER MEANS FOR TRANSFERRING THERETO THE LOAD WHICH IS CARRIED BY THE SUSPENSION, SAID LOADING ASSEMBLY INCLUDING EXPANDABLE AND COMPRESSIBLE MEANS DEFINING A HYDRAULIC CHAMBER WHICH IS CAPABLE OF CHANGING ITS VOLUME, COMPLETELY FILLED WITH LIQUID, MAINTAINED AT ALL TIMES OUT OF COMMUNICATION WITH GAS, MAINTAINED UNDER PRESSURE BY THE LOADING ASSEMBLY, AND COMMUNICATES WITH SAID NONRETURN VALVE MEANS FOR DIRECTING LIQUID THROUGH THE LATTER FROM SAID EXPANDABLE AND COMPRESSIBLE MEANS INTO SAID ONE CHAMBER OF SAID CYLINDER DURING AN INCREASE IN THE VOLUME OF SAID ONE CHAMBER SO AS TO PREVENT CAVITATION THEREIN, SAID EXPANDABLE AND COMPRESSIBLE MEANS SURROUNDSAID CYLINDER