Abstract:
A connected structure includes a supporting member and a bushing mounting member connected thereto. The supporting member is made of a pipe having a round cross-sectional shape. The bushing mounting member includes a bushing mounting portion for mounting a bushing having a rubber elastic member and a connecting portion protruded from the bushing mounting portion. The connecting portion is press-fitted into an opening at one end of the supporting member, and the connecting portion and the supporting member are joined together along a circumference of the supporting member by a friction agitation joining method. Accordingly, the connecting member which is light in weight and high in strength with an improved efficiency for utilizing the surrounding space and a predetermined characteristics of a bushing can be obtained.
Abstract:
Stabilizer (1) for motor vehicles which has a toroidal cross section, and which is formed of several stabilizer sections that, together, create a U-shape having a pair of U-legs (2) connected by a U-back (3) via arcuately shaped transitional shoulder areas (4). The stabilizer (1), as a pipe stabilizer, is able to withstand the required number of load cycles even under very high stress or enables even greater weight reduction under normal stresses, by important stabilizer sections having an increased strength as compared to other stabilizer sections by either dimensioning, and/or increasing the carbon content of an outer and/or inner surface layer of the stabilizer (1) by carburization, and also, optionally, by at least partially shot peening the inner surface, preferably at least in the transitional shoulder areas (4).
Abstract:
The present invention provides a suspension assembly including a pair of end links which interconnect the opposite ends of a stabilizer bar to a pair of suspension members. The stabilizer bar has a central segment and arm segments extending from each end of the central segment. The end links interconnect the distal ends of the arm segments to the suspension members. Each distal end of the arm segments includes an axial bore formed therein which is adapted to receive a stud extending from each end link. The stud cooperates with the axial bore to provide a secure attachment between the stabilizer bar and the end link. The axial bore may be internally threaded to receive external threads formed on the stud of the end link. As such, this threaded arrangement permits the stabilizer bar to be attached to the end link quickly and easily and with a minimum of components.
Abstract:
A Shock absorber, in particular a MacPherson strut unit, with a decompression stop limit bracket which is fastened to a container tube and which, in the event of a rebound of a vehicle axle, comes into contact with a body-side support surface, comprising a base plate with side walls which is welded to a reinforcement plate and a radial guide plate which is connected to the container tube, characterized by the fact that the side walls and the guide plate as well as the reinforcement plate form a groove which is filled by a weld seam such that all the parts forming the groove are connected to one another by means of the weld seam.
Abstract:
An upper control arm for a vehicle suspension system having a modulus section of hollow construction for reduced weight. The modulus section of the control arm is of a stamped and welded construction thereby eliminating material weight while reducing the cost of manufacturing. The modulus section has a substantially triangular configuration with a reinforced rim flange along the high compression stress area of the control arm elbow. The reinforced rim flange improves the strength of the control arm without sacrificing the weight reduction provided by the hollow construction.
Abstract:
A torque beam assembly is provided with a bushing clamp assembly at one end and an axle seat assembly at a second end that reduce the torsional stress exerted on the torque beam during normal suspension operation of a vehicle employing the torque beam assembly. The bushing clamp is formed as a cylinder having a slot through one side of the cylinder wall that is resiliently biased open to facilitate the insertion of a pivot bushing into the cylinder and the removal of the bushing from the cylinder. The pivot bushing is provided with troughs in its end walls and cavities that extend into the bushing from the troughs that together reduce torsional twisting stress exerted on the torque beam. The axle seat assembly is provided with inboard and outboard side plates that each have first ends connected to the torque beam and second ends that are flared outward and spaced further apart from each other than are the first ends. The second ends of the side plates are connected to the vehicle axle by either welds or U-bolt connections. The flared portions of the inboard and outboard side plates enable flexing of the axle seat assembly and reduce the torsional stress exerted on the torque beam in normal suspension system operations.
Abstract:
An axle bracket for mounting a vehicle suspension system to an axle for ground-engaging wheels. The axle bracket incorporates a wrapper plate complementary to the surface of the axle. The sides of the wrapper plate extend to approximately the midpoint of the axle and is welded thereto. The wrapper plate may incorporate one or more fingers on the ends thereof. In addition to fingers, one or more notches may be incorporated on the end of the wrapper plate. The wrapper plate is welded to the axle such that the weld is tapered toward the end of the finger and may wrap around the end of the finger. The finger and notch configuration and tapered weld create an axle bracket able to withstand the torsional and shear forces as well as driving or breaking torque incidental to the operation of the vehicle.
Abstract:
A load-bearing structural member (5, 6) comprising a least two hollow extrusions (12, 13) of light metal alloy each formed with two surfaces mated together with a layer of adhesive therebetween by relative linear movement of the extrusions in a single direction, the surfaces on one of the extrusions being formed on limbs (29) projecting therefrom and the angle between the mating surfaces and said direction being within the range 5.degree. to 15.degree., the surfaces on the other extrusion terminating in shoulders (21) to be approached by the tips of the limbs (29) and a gap (75) to ensure that the layer of adhesive always extends between the shoulders (21) and the tips (74).