Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Weldless vehicular suspension control arm
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Application No.: US17609338Application Date: 2020-09-04
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Publication No.: US11787252B2Publication Date: 2023-10-17
- Inventor: Brian William Piva
- Applicant: Multimatic Inc.
- Applicant Address: CA Markham
- Assignee: MULTIMATIC INC.
- Current Assignee: MULTIMATIC INC.
- Current Assignee Address: CA Markham
- Agency: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.
- International Application: PCT/US2020/049333 2020.09.04
- International Announcement: WO2021/046302A 2021.03.11
- Date entered country: 2021-11-05
- Main IPC: B60G7/00
- IPC: B60G7/00

Abstract:
A vehicular suspension control arm comprises a first arm component and a second arm component formed from sheet metal, each arm component comprising an outer wall and two side walls, bushing connecting means adjacent a first end, at least one bracket receiving rivet aperture adjacent a second end, at least one component connecting rivet aperture located between the first end and the second end, a ride bushing and a handling bushing, a ball joint bracket comprising bracket rivet apertures corresponding to the at least one bracket receiving rivet aperture adjacent the second end of each of the first and second arm components and a plurality of rivets. When constructed, the ball joint bracket is riveted to both the first and second arm components adjacent the second end thereof via the at least one bracket receiving rivet aperture and the corresponding at least one bracket rivet aperture, the first arm component is riveted to the second arm component at the at least one component connecting rivet aperture, the ride bushing is connected at the first end of the first arm component and the handling bushing is connected at the first end of the second arm component.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220144031A1 WELDLESS VEHICULAR SUSPENSION CONTROL ARM Public/Granted day:2022-05-12
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