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US 7,992,280 B2Granted
Method of casting metal anti-shift collars for stabilizer bar
AssigneeMssc US
InventorsJoseph A. Fader, Leo Medeiros
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Abstract
A method of processing a stabilizer bar assembly includes casting a metal anti-shift collar onto a prefabricated stabilizer bar. The metal anti-shift collar may be a zinc alloy, an aluminum alloy, or a magnesium alloy, for example.
Claims11
A method of processing a stabilizer bar assembly, comprising:
- casting a first metal anti-shift collar onto a prefabricated stabilizer bar, wherein the first metal anti-shift collar has a uniform diameter between terminal ends and includes a first collar surface for contacting a first bushing;
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- casting a second metal anti-shift collar having a second collar surface for contacting the first bushing onto the prefabricated stabilizer bar.
A method of processing a stabilizer bar assembly, comprising:
- casting a first metal anti-shift collar and a second metal anti-shift collar onto a stabilizer bar, wherein the first metal anti-shift collar includes a first collar surface oriented to contact a first bushing and the second metal anti-shift collar includes a second collar surface oriented for contacting the first bushing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.