A gas spring suspension system that adjusts the spring rate as the travel
is adjusted. The suspension system includes a frame, a pressure chamber,
a compression piston assembly, an adjustment assembly, a piston tube, and
a shaft. The piston tube is operatively connected to the adjustment
assembly and the compression piston assembly, and the compression piston
assembly is configured to slidably displace along the piston tube to
change the pressure in the pressure chamber. The adjustment assembly is
associated with the frame and is operable to axially position the piston
tube and, in turn the compression piston assembly, relative to the frame
to adjust the travel of the suspension system. The shaft is configured to
be variably positionable within the pressure chamber in response to axial
displacement of the piston tube and the compression piston assembly by
the adjustment assembly, the variable positioning of the shaft within the
pressure chamber changing the pressure therein.