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US 5,467,971 AGranted
Strut assembly with integral bearing and spring seat
AssigneeGeneral Motors Corporation
InventorsDiane M. Hurtubise, Perry K. Arnold, David P. Kudla, Lawrence E. Armstrong
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Abstract
A quarter car vehicle suspension including a wheel, a bearing having an axis of rotation, the piston rod axis aligned at an acute angle with respect to a spring axis of a coil spring of the suspension, and a spring seat integral with the bearing, wherein the bearing is located between the spring seat and the vehicle body, and wherein the axis or rotation of the bearing is substantially aligned with a spring axis and at an acute angle to the piston rod axis.
Claims3
A vehicle suspension comprising:
- a jounce bumper with an axially upper snap portion;
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- an integral wedge, bearing and spring seat including
- an annular wedge body including a wide end and narrow end, the annular wedge body including a first axial side forming a seat portion and a second axial side including a first annular surface having an axially aligned u-shaped profile, wherein the annular wedge body includes a radially inward extending annular wedge seat having an axially upper surface to which the axially upper snap portion of the jounce bumper engages;
- an annular seat including a first axial side forming a seat for one of (a) a spring and (b) a spring isolator, and a second axial side including a second annular surface having an axially aligned u-shaped profile, wherein the first and second annular surfaces face each other;
- a first annular track having an axially aligned u-shaped profile seated in the first annular surface;
- a second annular track having an axially aligned u-shaped profile seated in the second annular surface, wherein the first and second annular tracks form a bearing race;
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- a set of spherical bearings within the bearing race, wherein the annular wedge body is between the annular seat and a vehicle body.
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