According to one embodiment, a vehicle suspension member includes a body of a vehicle suspension member made of a metal, a first layer provided to cover a surface of the body and a second layer provided to cover at least a portion of a surface of the first layer. The first layer includes an epoxy resin, and the second layer includes an epoxy resin and a fluororesin.

A vertical motion impeller-type shot peening device performs a second shot peening to a coil spring including first shot peening indentations. The vertical motion impeller-type shot peening device includes a workpiece holding mechanism including a lower end turn support and an upper end turn support, a stress applying mechanism which compresses the coil spring, a rotation mechanism, and a projection mechanism which includes a pair of vertically movable impeller units. A first rough surface including first shot peening indentations is formed on a part of end turn portions of the coil spring. A second rough surface including second shot peening indentations is formed on the entire surface of wire except for the first rough surface.

A tool for separating a plate of balance springs after winding in, including substantially parallel lower and upper rolling surfaces which are movable relative to one another, vertically or longitudinally, in order to deform the plate by ovalisation, and to subject it to a rolling movement between the rolling surfaces, and further relates to a method for separating balance springs from a plate using this tool in order to mechanically crush it in the elastic range and initiate sequences of compressing and rolling the plate.

A motor driving assembly includes a single phase motor and a torque transmission mechanism. The torque transmission mechanism includes a driving member being driven by the motor, a driven member for driving a load to rotate along a predetermined direction, and a connecting device comprising a resilient member and a damping member. The resilient member includes one end connected to the driving member and the other end connected to the driven member. The damping member is coated on or attached over the resilient member, or filled in a gap of the resilient member, or the resilient member is made from a damping material in order to reduce noise produced by the resilient member.

A protective tube for a coil spring and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed herein. The protective tube for a coil spring is manufactured by: mixing 40-70 parts by weight of a thermoplastic elastomer, 20-40 parts by weight of a thermoplastic resin, 0.2-5 parts by weight of an antioxidant, and 0.2-5 parts by weight of a crosslinking agent to obtain a mixture; pelletizing the mixture to obtain pellets; extrusion-molding the pellets into a tube; crosslinking the tube by radiation; enlarging the diameter of the crosslinked tube while forming the tube into a spiral shape by heating; and setting the enlarged-diameter tube by cooling.

A highly durable spring of the present invention includes a single-layer coating film with a thickness of 450 m or less, in which the coating film contains an epoxy resin, a phenolic resin, and zinc. The coating film has high corrosion resistance and chipping resistance even if it is a one thin layer with a thickness of 450 m or less. A method of coating a highly durable spring of the present invention includes an application process in which an epoxy resin-based powder coating material which contains an epoxy resin, a phenolic resin, and zinc and is produced by a melt kneading method is applied to a surface of a spring on which a coating-film is formed and a baking process in which the applied epoxy resin-based powder coating material is baked.

The disclosure relates to a steel wire and a spring having excellent antibacterial properties and corrosion resistance, and methods of manufacturing the same. The steel wire having excellent antibacterial properties and corrosion resistance includes: a steel wire; and a plating layer formed on the steel wire, wherein the plating layer includes a zinc (Zn)-aluminum (Al) plating layer plated on a surface of the steel wire, and a doping layer formed by doping a surface of the ZnAl plating layer with a metal in a colloidal form. The method of manufacturing the steel wire having excellent antibacterial properties and corrosion resistance includes forming a plating layer on a surface of a steel wire, wherein the forming of the plating layer includes forming a ZnAl plating layer by plating the surface of the steel wire, and forming a doping layer by doping a surface of the ZnAl plating layer with a metal in a colloidal form.

A coil spring comprises a continuous wire forming a lowermost convolution, an uppermost convolution, and a plurality of helical intermediate convolutions. The coil spring is divided into an upper portion and a lower portion. The intermediate convolutions of the lower portion have a diameter greater than or equal to a lower minimum diameter, and the pitch between each of the convolutions of the lower portion is greater than or equal to a lower minimum pitch. The intermediate convolutions of the upper portion have a diameter greater than or equal to an upper minimum diameter, and the pitch between each of the convolutions of the upper portion is less than or equal to an upper maximum pitch. The upper minimum diameter is greater than, less than, or equal to the lower minimum diameter, and the upper maximum pitch is less than the lower minimum pitch to provide a non-linear and variable response.

A spring module configured to be compressed for storage, the spring module includes an upper cover, a base and a spring disposed between the upper cover and the base; a lower end surface of the upper cover includes a first locking structure, and an upper end the base includes a second locking structure; the first locking structure and the second locking structure reach a locked position to be buckled together in a direction opposite to the opposite movement by an external force; and the first locking structure and the second locking structure in a locked state release from being buckled together by the external force.

A coating material application system includes: a support base configured to rotatably support a coil spring; a sensor configured to measure a position of a strand of the coil spring; a first movement device configured to move the sensor; an application device; a second movement device configured to move the application device; and a control device. The control device is configured to: rotate the support base; a sensor control unit configured to acquire a measurement value of the sensor; move the sensor; calculate, based on a measurement value of the sensor, a position of application of a coating material to the coil spring; move the application device to a position where the application device is caused to apply the coating material to the position of application; and cause the application device to apply the coating material to the position of application.