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US 10,543,726 B2Granted
Lower control arm
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsMarwan El-Bkaily, Michael Chang, Tushar Kamble, Peter J. Jargowsky, David Lee
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Abstract
A lower control arm includes a body including a body portion and an arm elongated from the body portion, and a sleeve having a tubular shape. The arm includes an end spaced from the body portion, a top surface, and a bottom surface opposite the top surface. The sleeve is fixed to the end. The sleeve includes a slit extending lengthwise that is disposed closer to one of the top surface and the bottom surface than to a middle of the end.
Claims22
A lower control arm comprising:
- a body including a body portion and an arm elongated from the body portion, the arm including an end spaced from the body portion, a top surface, and a bottom surface opposite the top surface;
- and
- a sleeve having a tubular shape and fixed to and at the end, the sleeve including a slit extending lengthwise that is disposed closer to one of the top surface and the bottom surface than to a middle of the end;
- wherein the longest length of the arm is from the body portion to the sleeve;
- and
- the slit is disposed against the end.
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A lower control arm comprising:
- a body including a body portion, a first arm elongated from the body portion, and a second arm elongated from the body portion, the first arm including a first end spaced from the body portion, a first top surface, and a first bottom surface opposite the first top surface, the second arm including a second end spaced from the body portion, a second top surface, and a second bottom surface, the second top surface and second bottom surface spaced from each other and fixed relative to the second end, and a second arcuate surface extending from the second top surface to the second bottom surface;
- a first sleeve having a tubular shape and fixed to and at the first end, the first sleeve including a first slit extending lengthwise that is disposed closer to one of the first top surface and the first bottom surface than to a middle of the first end;
- and
- a second sleeve having a tubular shape and fixed to the second end, the second sleeve including a second slit extending lengthwise that is disposed closer to a middle of the second end than to either of the second top surface and the second bottom surface;
- wherein the longest length of the first arm is from the body portion to the sleeve.
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A lower control arm comprising:
- a body including a body portion and an arm elongated from the body portion, the arm including an end spaced from the body portion, a top surface, and a bottom surface opposite the top surface;
- a sleeve having a tubular shape and fixed to and at the end, the sleeve including a slit extending lengthwise that is disposed closer to one of the top surface and the bottom surface than to a middle of the end;
- an upper lip extending from the end to an upper edge;
- a lower lip extending from the end to a lower edge;
- wherein the longest length of the arm is from the body portion to the sleeve.
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A lower control arm comprising:
- a body including a body portion and an arm elongated from the body portion, the arm including an end spaced from the body portion, a top surface, and a bottom surface opposite the top surface;
- and
- a sleeve having a tubular shape and fixed to and at the end, the sleeve including a slit extending lengthwise that is disposed closer to one of the top surface and the bottom surface than to a middle of the end;
- wherein the longest length of the arm is from the body portion to the sleeve;
- the sleeve includes two sleeve ends and a sleeve wall having a constant circular cross-section extending from one of the sleeve ends to the other of the sleeve ends;
- the cross-section of the sleeve wall defines an axis;
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- the slit is disposed substantially at 60° from the middle of the end about the axis.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.