an enclosed pocket of air used to absorb shock or sudden fluctuations of load
air spring in American English
air cushion (sense 2)
air spring in American English
noun
Machinery
a springlike support utilizing the compressibility of air confined behind a piston in a cylinder
Examples of 'air spring' in a sentence
air spring
There are a couple of negatives: off-road performance (as with its rivals) is limited by the absence of a low-ratio gearbox and height-adjustable air springs.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
With uprated air springs and variable dampers, the handling is exhilarating for such a big car ...
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The suspension has been beefed up, its electronic air springs and dampers reprogrammed and the brakes made bigger still.