housing the biasing of the seal assembly prohibits movement of the seal assembly during operation of the shock absorber in addition a wire circlip which radially biases the seal assembly can be included application_number US 67058403 A description referring now to the drawings in which like reference numerals designate like or corresponding parts throughout the several views the following description of the preferred embodiment s is merely exemplary in nature and is in no way intended to limit the invention its application or uses there is shown in fig1 a vehicle incorporating shock absorbers which include the unique slip ring design in accordance with the present invention and which is designated generally by the reference numeral 10 vehicle 10 includes a rear suspension system 12 a front suspension 14 and a body 16 rear suspension system 12 includes a pair of rear suspension arms adapted to operatively support a pair of rear wheels 18 each rear suspension arm is attached to body 16 by means of a shock absorber 20 and a helical coil spring 22 similarly front suspension system 14 includes a pair of suspension arms adapted to operatively support a pair of front wheels 24 each suspension arm is attached to body 16 by means of a shock absorber 26 and a helical coil spring 28 rear shock absorbers 20 and front shock absorbers 26 serve to dampen the relative movement of the unsprung portion of vehicle 10 i.