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US 8,910,962 B2Granted
Vehicle suspension transverse link
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsChristopher Meier, Theo Kueppers
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Abstract
A vehicle suspension transverse link, including a bearing journal assembly having a pin-shaped portion and an anchor portion that attaches to a connecting point on the link. The anchor portion has an unrounded configuration.
Claims9
A transverse link for a vehicle, comprising:
- a connecting leg configured to connect the link to a vehicle body;
- a wheel leg attached to the connecting leg and configured to connect the link to a wheel carrier;
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- a bearing journal having a pin-shaped portion angled towards the wheel leg, and a transition region defining a flattened anchoring portion having a trapezoidal or triangular configuration secured to the connecting leg, wherein the connecting leg includes a recess region formed proximate a hollow connecting point at least partially surrounding the anchoring portion of the bearing journal, wherein the recess is configured to allow access to the anchoring portion from a top side and an underside of the transverse link.
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A method of making a vehicle suspension transverse link, comprising:
- providing a connecting leg, having a front edge profile curved away from a vehicle body and a hollow connecting point configured to receive a bearing journal having an anchor portion with a trapezoidal configuration and a pin-shaped portion angled generally towards the vehicle body;
- flattening an anchor portion of a bearing journal;
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- welding the anchor portion of the bearing journal to the connecting leg.
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A vehicle suspension transverse link, comprising:
- a connecting leg including a hollow recess;
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- a bearing journal including a pin-shaped portion having a cylindrical cross-section, a transition region having a tetragonal cross-section proximate a triangular-shaped anchor portion that attaches to a connecting point proximate the recess, wherein the anchor portion has a first cross-section proximate the pin-shaped portion and a second cross-section proximate the connecting point, wherein the first cross-section is less than the second cross-section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.