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Ingo Klug Phones & Addresses
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Punta Gorda, FL
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4333 Scenic Dr, Honor, MI 49640 (231) 882-5352
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25450 Clairview Dr, Dearborn Hts, MI 48127 (231) 882-5352 (313) 563-5923
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Dearborn Heights, MI
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Westland, MI
Publications
Us Patents
Wheel Suspension Assembly
View pageUS Patent:
6276702, Aug 21, 2001
Filed:
Aug 9, 1999
Appl. No.:
9/370160
Inventors:
William Benjamin Turck - Taylor MI
Ingo Klug - Dearborn Heights MI
Manfred Carl Rumpel - Bloomfield Hills MI
Ingo Klug - Dearborn Heights MI
Manfred Carl Rumpel - Bloomfield Hills MI
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, Inc. - Dearborn MI
International Classification:
B62D 718
B62D 722
B62D 722
US Classification:
280 93511
Abstract:
A wheel suspension assembly 10 for use with a vehicle having a wheel 11. Assembly 10 includes a tie rod 12, a knuckle 14 having an integrally formed knuckle arm 16, and a ball joint 18 which rotatably couples the tie rod 12 to the knuckle arm 16. Tie rod 12 includes an outer end 24 having an integrally formed ball socket 26 and a pair of opposed and outwardly extending members 28, 30, which include a pair of orthogonally projecting foot members or "feet" 32, 34. Knuckle arm 16 includes an end portion 40 which is attached to a ball stud 44. Ball stud 44 is mated with socket 26 and cooperatively forms ball joint 18. End portion 40 includes a generally circular bottom surface 52 disposed in a substantially parallel relationship to "feet" 32, 34. Two resilient elements or "pads" 62, 64 are abuttingly disposed between "feet" 32, 34 and surface 52. Feet 32, 34, bumpers 62, 64, and surface 52 substantially prevent or reduce the angular movement of tie rod 12 about its longitudinal axis 74 and substantially dampen or reduce the transfer of vibrations from knuckle 14 to tie rod 12 between said ball socket 26 and said ball stud 44.