Adapters for mounting a spring on a shock absorber

Claim 1

A SUSPENSION DEVICE CONNECTABLE BETWEEN SPRUNG AND UNSPRUNG ELEMENTS, INCLUDING A TUBULAR DIRECT-ACTING SHOCK ABSORBER HAVING A TUBULAR BODY MEMBER AND A PISTON ROD PROJECTING FROM ONE END OF SAID BODY MEMBER AND MOVABLE AXIALLY THEREIN, A COIL SPRING AROUND SAID SHOCK ABSORBER, MEANS SUPPORTING ONE END OF SAID SPRING ON SAID SHOCK ABSORBER BODY MEMBER, A RIGID ADAPTER MEMBER OF CYLINDRICAL FORM CONNECTED WITH SAID PISTON ROD ADJACENT THE PROJECTING END THEREOF AND INCLUDING A GENERALLY FRUSTO CONICAL ABUTMENT PORTION ON THE END OF THE CYLINDER FACING TOWARD SAID SPRING A HOLLOW CYLINDRICAL NON-METALLIC INSULATOR ELEMENT WITHIN THE SPRING HAVING A FRUSTO CONICAL ABUTMENT PORTION ENGAGING THE ABUTMENT PORTION OF SAID ADAPTER AND HAVING A GENERALLY FLAT PORTION, ENGAGING THE OPPOSITE END OF SAID SPRING SO THAT SAID SPRING IS SUPPORTED BETWEEN THE RELATIVELY MOVABLE PARTS OF SAID SHOCK ABSORBER.