1. A shock absorber comprising:
a pressure tube forming a working chamber;
a piston body slidably disposed within said working chamber, said piston body dividing said working chamber into an upper working chamber and a lower working chamber, said piston body defining a rebound passage extending through said piston body in communication with said upper working chamber;
a piston rod attached to said piston body, said piston rod extending in an axial direction through one end of said pressure tube;
a rebound valve assembly attached to said piston rod abutting said piston body, said rebound valve assembly comprising:
a spacer slidingly received in the axial direction on said piston rod abutting said piston body;
a nut threadingly received on said piston rod, abutting said spacer to urge said spacer in the axial direction into engagement with said piston body;
a bleed disc disposed between said piston body and said nut, said bleed disc abutting said piston body to close said rebound passage;
said bleed disc defining a slot extending directly between said lower working chamber and said rebound passage to define a continuously open bleed flow bypass between said upper and lower working chambers;
a fulcrum disc disposed between said bleed disc and said nut, said fulcrum disc being smaller in diameter than said bleed disc to define a fulcrum point for said bleed disc;
a spring retainer disposed between said fulcrum disc and said nut, said spring retainer being slidingly received over said spacer; and
a coil spring disposed between said rebound retainer and said nut, said coil spring having a working height which produces a biasing load urging said bleed disc towards said piston body, said working height being defined by said spacer, said spring retainer being disposed within said coil spring to provide stability for said coil spring.
2. The shock absorber according to claim 1 further comprising a compression valve assembly attached to said piston rod.
3. The shock absorber according to claim 2 wherein said piston body defines a compression passage extending through said piston body and wherein said compression valve assembly comprises:
a compression retainer disposed between said piston body and a shoulder defined by said piston rod;
a compression valve disc disposed between said compression retainer and said piston body, said compression valve disc closing said compression passage; and
a compression spring disposed between said compression retainer and said compression valve disc, said compression spring urging said compression valve disc towards said piston body.
4. The shock absorber according to claim 3 wherein said compression spring is a coil spring.
5. A shock absorber comprising:
a pressure tube forming a working chamber;
a piston rod extending in an axial direction through one end of said pressure tube, said piston rod defining a shoulder and a threaded end;
a compression retainer attached to said piston rod abutting said shoulder;
a piston body attached to said piston rod abutting said compression retainer, said piston body dividing said working chamber into an upper working chamber and a lower working chamber;
a rebound spacer slidingly received in the axial direction on said piston rod abutting said piston body;
a nut threadingly received on said threaded end of said piston rod, said nut abutting said rebound spacer to urge said rebound spacer in the axial direction into engagement with said piston body;
a rebound passage extending through said piston body, said rebound passage being in communication with said upper working chamber;
a bleed disc slidingly received on said rebound spacer, said bleed disc being disposed between said piston body and said nut, said bleed disc abutting said piston body to close said rebound passage, and said bleed disc defining a slot extending directly between said lower working chamber and said rebound passage to define a continuously open bleed flow bypass between said upper and lower working chamber;
a spring retainer slidingly received on said rebound spacer, said spring retainer being disposed between said bleed disc and said nut;
a coil spring disposed between said spring retainer and said nut, said coil spring having a working height which produces a biasing load to bias said bleed disc towards said piston body, said working height being defined by said spacer, said spring retainer being disposed within said coil spring to provide stability for said coil spring.
6. The shock absorber according to claim 5 further comprising:
a compression passage extending through said piston body;
a compression valve disc disposed between said compression retainer and said piston body to close said compression passage;
a compression spring disposed between said compression valve disc and said compression retainer, said compression spring urging said compression valve disc towards said piston body.
7. The shock absorber according to claim 6 wherein said compression spring is a coil spring.
8. The shock absorber according to claim 5 further comprising a fulcrum disc disposed between said bleed disc and said spring retainer.
9. The shock absorber according to claim 8 wherein said bleed disc and said fulcrum disc are slidingly received over said spacer.
10. The shock absorber according to claim 8 further comprising a valve disc disposed between said bleed disc and said fulcrum disc, said bleed disc and said valve disc having the same outer diameter.
11. The shock absorber according to claim 10 further comprising a spacer disc disposed between said valve disc and said fulcrum disc, said bleed disc and said spacer disc having the same outer diameter.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method for changing routing of data transmitted from a mobile electronic device to a first host of a plurality of hosts in a communication network using a Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), the method implementable in at least one network element and comprising:
determining that said first host has failed via receipt of BGP rerouted data, said BGP rerouted data originally intended for said first host; and
transmitting a negative acknowledgement (NACK) to said mobile electronic device, said NACK enabled to trigger said mobile electronic device to transmit data that was to be transmitted to said first host to another of said plurality of hosts and wherein said NACK is identifiable by said mobile electronic device as having been transmitted by said at least one network element.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein said NACK comprises an address of said another of said plurality of hosts.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein said NACK comprises an indicator for instructing said mobile electronic device to select said another of said plurality of hosts from a host routing table (HRT) stored at said mobile electronic device.
4. The method of claim 3, wherein said indicator is for instructing said mobile electronic device to randomly select said another of said plurality of hosts.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein said NACK is identifiable by said mobile electronic device as having been transmitted by said network element via at least one of a security certificate and an encryption key.
6. The method of claim 1, further comprising detecting that said mobile electronic device is in an idle state and transmitting a second NACK to said mobile electronic device, said second NACK enabled to trigger said mobile electronic device to transmit data that was to be transmitted to a second host to yet another of said plurality of hosts such that maintenance can be performed on said second host in the absence of data transmissions between said second host and said mobile electronic device.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein data transmitted from said mobile electronic device to said plurality of hosts is transported via a Unified Datagram Protocol (UDP).
8. The method of claim 1, wherein each of said plurality of hosts comprises a respective one of said at least one network element.
9. A network element for changing routing of data transmitted from a mobile electronic device to a first host of a plurality of hosts in a communication network using a Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), said network element comprising:
a communication interface enabled to:
determine that said first host has failed via receipt of BGP rerouted data, said BGP rerouted data originally intended for said first host; and
transmit a negative acknowledgement (NACK) to said mobile electronic device, said NACK enabled to trigger said mobile electronic device to transmit data that was to be transmitted to said first host to another of said plurality of hosts and wherein said NACK is identifiable by said mobile electronic device as having been transmitted by said at least one network element; and
a processing unit in communication with said communication interface, said processing unit enabled to:
determine if said failure occurs; and
generate said NACK.
10. The network element of claim 9, wherein said NACK comprises an address of said another of said plurality of hosts.
11. The network element of claim 9, wherein said NACK comprises an indicator for instructing said mobile electronic device to select said another of said plurality of hosts from a host routing table (HRT) stored at said mobile electronic device.
12. The network element of claim 11, wherein said indicator is for instructing said mobile electronic device to randomly select said another of said plurality of hosts.
13. The network element of claim 9, wherein said NACK is identifiable by said mobile electronic device as having been transmitted by said network element by at least one of a security certificate and an encryption key.
14. The network element of claim 9, wherein data transmitted from said mobile electronic device to said plurality of hosts is transported via a Unified Datagram Protocol (UDP).
15. The network element of claim 9, wherein each of said plurality of hosts comprises a respective one of said network element.
16. A mobile electronic device for changing routing of data transmitted from said mobile electronic device to a first host of a plurality of hosts in a communication network using a Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), said mobile electronic device comprising:
a communication interface enabled to receive a negative acknowledgement (NACK) from at least one network element enabled to determine that said first host has failed via receipt of BGP rerouted data, said BGP rerouted data originally intended for said first host, said NACK enabled to trigger said mobile electronic device to transmit data that was to be transmitted to said first host to another of said plurality of hosts and wherein said NACK is identifiable by said mobile electronic device as having been transmitted by said at least one network element; and
a processing unit in communication with said communication interface, said processing unit enabled to process said NACK and in response cause said data that was to be transmitted to said first host to another of said plurality of hosts.
17. A method for changing routing of data transmitted from a mobile electronic device to first host of a plurality of hosts in a communication network using a Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), the method implementable in at least one network element and comprising:
detecting that said mobile electronic device is in an idle state; and
transmitting a negative acknowledgement (NACK) to said mobile electronic device, said NACK enabled to trigger said mobile electronic device to transmit data that was to be transmitted to said first host to another of said plurality of hosts and wherein said NACK is identifiable by said mobile electronic device as having been transmitted by said at least one network element, such that maintenance can be performed on said first host in the absence of data transmissions between said first host and said mobile electronic device.