Robust, low mass stabilizer bar link assembly
AssigneeAmerican Axle & Manufacturing, Inc.
InventorsJeffrey Lee Kincaid, Manoi V. Bhandiwad, Kurt K. Hauser
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Abstract
An end link adapted to interconnect a stabilizer bar and a suspension member within a vehicular suspension system includes a housing having a first socket, a second socket and a body interconnecting the first and second sockets. The end link also includes a first joint assembly pivotally interconnecting the first socket and the stabilizer bar and a second joint assembly pivotally interconnecting the second socket and the suspension member The first socket includes a net-shaped cavity to receive the first joint assembly.
Claims11
A method of constructing an end link for a vehicle suspension, the method comprising:
- die casting a housing having a first socket, a second socket and a body interconnecting said first and second sockets;
- positioning a first joint assembly within said first socket wherein said first socket is in an as-cast condition;
- positioning a second joint assembly within said second socket wherein said second socket is in an as-cast condition;
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- retaining said first and second joints within said first and second sockets.
The method of constructing an end link for a vehicle suspension, the method comprising:
- die casting a housing having a first socket, a second socket and a body interconnecting said first and second sockets, wherein said first socket includes an inner surface which has not been mechanically deformed after die casting;
- positioning a first joint assembly within said first socket in contact with said inner surface;
- positioning a second joint assembly within said second socket;
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- retaining said first and second joints within said first and second sockets.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.