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A mechanism for compressing and expanding an enclosed volume of air by means of a piston or diaphragm was first patented as a suspension spring in 1906 and a Cowey car fitted with pneumatic suspension was exhibited at Olympia Motor Show in 1909.
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Sainsbury, J. H. (1958), ‘Air suspension for road vehicles’, Proc. Inst. Mech. Engrs.
Air Suspension and Servocontrolled Isolation Systems, Shock and Vibration Handbook No. 3, McGraw-Hill, New York, chapter 33, p. 331.
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Campbell, C. (1981). Pneumatic Suspensions. In: Automobile Suspensions. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3389-0_8
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