Link assembly for a vehicle suspension system
AssigneeMacLean-Fogg Company
InventorJiri Pazdirek
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Abstract
A suspension link assembly for a vehicle suspension system. A preferred form comprises only three different kinds of components. The components are a stud shaft, a sleeve nut and a grommet. In an alternative form a barrel-shaped, molded plastic spacer is added. The link assembly lends itself to partial preassembly off the vehicle assembly line and delivery to the assembler as a kit.
Claims13
A link assembly for connecting an arm of a stabilizer torsion bar to a suspension arm in a vehicle suspension system comprising:
- a) a stud shaft having a threaded section at each end;
- b) first and second sleeve nuts threaded onto opposite ones of said threaded end sections;
- c) a grommet seated on each said sleeve nuts to form first and second sleeve nut and grommet sub-assemblies;
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- d) a spacer on said shaft between said first and second sleeve nut and grommet sub-assemblies;
- e) each of said sleeve nuts being substantially identical to each other sleeve nut and each of said grommets being substantially identical to each other grommet.
The link assembly of claim 7 further characterized in that:
- a) said body is barrel shaped and has a plurality of longitudinally extending ribs formed in its periphery.
A vehicle torque arm and suspension arm assembly kit consisting of three component self-assemblies which, when used to connect a torque arm and a suspension arm in a vehicle suspension system, form a suspension link assembly, comprising:
- a) first and second component sub-assemblies, each of which consists of a sleeve nut and a grommet;
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- b) a third component sub-assembly which consists of a shaft having a threaded section at each end and a third and fourth sleeve nut and grommet sub-assemblies threaded onto opposite end sections;
- c) each of said sleeve nut and grommet sub-assemblies being identical to each other sleeve nut and grommet sub-assembly.
In a vehicle suspension system including a suspension arm and a stabilizer torsion bar having a torsion arm, each of said arms having an aperture of predetermined diameter therein, the improvement in a link assembly for connecting said arms comprising:
- a) a stud shaft having a threaded section at each end, said stud shaft extending through each of said apertures;
- b) a pair of sleeve nuts threaded onto each of said threaded sections, each of said sleeve nuts including a tubular segment and a radially extending head at one end of said tubular segment, the opposite ends of each of said tubular segments in each pair extending into abutting relationship with each other sleeve nut and;
- c) a grommet mounted on each of said tubular segments, each of said grommets being shorter than a corresponding tubular segment whereby opposed faces on grommets associated with each pair of sleeve nuts are spaced from each other a predetermined distance;
- d) one of said arms extending between the opposed faces of one pair of opposed grommets and the other of said arms extending between the opposed faces the other pair of opposed grommets, the corresponding tubular segments extending through corresponding apertures.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.