Single-piece steering gear bracket and steering gear joint member
AssigneeTorque-Traction Technologies, Inc.
InventorsOuqi Zhang, Jason A. Poirier
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Abstract
A mounting system for coupling attaching mounting a steering gear housing member to a vehicle frame, comprises at least one single-piece steering gear brackets secured to a cross member of the vehicle frame, and at least one corresponding single-piece steering gear joint member integral with the steering gear housing member and secured to the steering gear bracket.
Claims15
A mounting system for attaching a steering gear housing member to a vehicle body, said mounting system comprising:
- at least one single-piece, unitary steering gear bracket secured to said vehicle body;
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- at least one single-piece steering gear joint member integral with said steering gear housing member, said at least one steering gear joint member secured to said at least one steering gear bracket.
A mounting system for coupling attaching mounting a steering gear housing member to a cross-member of a vehicle frame, said mounting system comprising:
- at least two single-piece steering gear brackets secured to said cross-member of said vehicle frame;
- at least two single-piece steering gear joint members integral with said steering gear housing member, each of said at least two steering gear joint members secured to one of said at least two steering gear brackets;
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- at least two spaced apart leg members each extending between said steering gear housing member and corresponding one of said at least two steering gear joint members, said at least two leg members being integral with said steering gear housing member and corresponding steering gear joint members;
- each of said at least two single-piece steering gear brackets having a horizontally extending flange and a pair of spaced apart vertically extending flanges, each of said at least two single-piece steering gear brackets secured to said cross-member of said vehicle frame by welding;
- each of said at least two single-piece steering gear joint members having an upper end portion secured to said horizontally extending flange and a pair of opposite side boss portions extending between said pair of spaced apart vertically extending flanges of one said at least two steering gear brackets and secured thereto, each of said steering gear joint members being fastened to corresponding one of said at least two steering gear brackets with threaded fasteners;
- wherein said at least two steering gear joint members and said at least two leg members are formed integrally with said steering gear housing member as a homogenous one-piece metal casting.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.