One-way installation for a bushing of an automotive suspension link
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsGrant Warr, Peter Joseph Jargowsky
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Abstract
A vehicle suspension link may include a bushing, a knuckle, a link arm operably coupled to the knuckle via the bushing at a ring formed at one end of the link arm, and a coupling assembly disposed between the knuckle and the bushing. The coupling assembly may include a serrated face and a one-way install feature extending out of a plane of the serrated face to permit orientation of the bushing in the ring such that the serrated face is oriented toward the knuckle, and prevent orientation of the serrated face away from the knuckle.
Claims20
A vehicle suspension link comprising:
- a bushing;
- a knuckle;
- a link arm operably coupled to the knuckle via the bushing at a ring formed at one end of the link arm;
- and
- a coupling assembly disposed between the knuckle and the bushing,
- wherein the coupling assembly comprises a serrated face and a one-way install feature extending out of a plane of the serrated face to permit orientation of the bushing in the ring such that the serrated face is oriented toward the knuckle, and prevent orientation of the serrated face away from the knuckle.
A vehicle suspension system comprising:
- a frame comprising one or more lateral or longitudinal frame members;
- a knuckle operably coupled to the frame;
- and
- a vehicle suspension link operably coupling the knuckle to the frame, wherein the vehicle suspension link comprises:
- a bushing;
- a link arm operably coupled to the knuckle via the bushing at a ring formed at one end of the link arm;
- and
- a coupling assembly disposed between the knuckle and the bushing,
- wherein the coupling assembly comprises a serrated face and a one-way install feature extending out of a plane of the serrated face to permit orientation of the bushing in the ring such that the serrated face is oriented toward the knuckle, and prevent orientation of the serrated face away from the knuckle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.