Spring mount for a suspension

Noble , et al. September 28, 2

Patent Grant D624461

U.S. patent number D624,461 [Application Number D/337,977] was granted by the patent office on 2010-09-28 for spring mount for a suspension. This patent grant is currently assigned to Hendrickson USA, L.L.C.. Invention is credited to Shawn D. Noble, Michael P. Robinson.


United States Patent D624,461
Noble ,   et al. September 28, 2010

Spring mount for a suspension

Claims

CLAIM The ornamental design for a spring mount for a suspension, as shown and described.
Inventors: Noble; Shawn D. (Naperville, IL), Robinson; Michael P. (Chicago, IL)
Assignee: Hendrickson USA, L.L.C. (Itasca, IL)
Appl. No.: D/337,977
Filed: June 2, 2009

Current U.S. Class: D12/159
Current International Class: 1216
Field of Search: ;D12/400,340,161,159,120,118,114 ;280/11.225,86.752 ;188/315,316,298,274,281,286,297 ;293/134 ;267/195 ;279/2.01,2.17

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Primary Examiner: Nelson; T. Chase
Assistant Examiner: Pratt; Michael A
Attorney, Agent or Firm: McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Description



FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the bottom, back, and left sides of a spring mount for a suspension having the inventive design;

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view of the spring mount for a suspension shown in FIG. 1, and the back elevational view is identical to the front elevational view of FIG. 2;

FIG. 3 is a right side elevational view of the spring mount for a suspension shown in FIG. 1, and the left side elevational view is identical to the right side elevational view of FIG. 3;

FIG. 4 is a bottom view of the spring mount for a suspension shown in FIG. 1, and includes sectional lines 8--8 and 9--9;

FIG. 5 is a top view of the spring mount for a suspension shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing the top, front, and right sides of the spring mount for a suspension shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing the bottom, front, and right sides of the spring mount for a suspension shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is a sectional view of the spring mount for a suspension illustrated in FIG. 4, taken along sectional lines 8--8 thereof; and,

FIG. 9 is a sectional view of the spring mount for a suspension illustrated in FIG. 4, taken along sectional lines 9--9 thereof.

The sectional lines and sectional line reference numbers in FIG. 4 form no part of the claimed designs. The broken lines showing various holes in FIG. 1, FIG. 4, FIG. 5, FIG. 6, and FIG. 7 are for the purpose of illustrating an example of attachment holes of the spring mount and form no part of the claimed design.

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