US 5,885,688 A · Steel reinforced filled polymer torque rod

Abstract

A steel reinforced filled polymer torque rod and method of making the same, is disclosed. The torque rod includes a stamped metal reinforcement plate having first and second bores therethrough which are surrounded by first and second annular flanges, respectively. The stamped metal reinforcement plate also includes a depression extending axially between the first connector bore and the second connector bore, and an end flange surrounding an end surface of the reinforcement plate. The torque rod also includes a polymer shell which encases and conforms to the stamped metal reinforcement plate. The polymer shell includes a first connector portion which encases the first connector bore and first annular flange, a second connector portion which encases the second connector bore and the second connector flange, an end wall which encases the end flange, and a number of side walls which encase the depression.

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Dependent claims

A torque rod for a vehicle, said torque comprising:

a reinforcement plate having a first bore and a second bore therethrough;
and
a polymeric shell having a first end shell encasing said first bore, the first end shell defining a first connector bore for fixedly attaching the torque rod to the vehicle and a second end shell said second bore, the second end shell defining a second connector bore for fixedly attaching the torque rod to the vehicle, the shell being of a different material than the plate, said reinforcement plate increasing the tensile, compression and torsional strength of said first and second connector bores of said polymeric shell.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Steel reinforced filled polymer torque rod

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Steel reinforced filled polymer torque rod

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Abstract

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