Abstract: A suspension rubber bushing pivot installation for automobiles and the like incorporates an upsetting washer and expedients associated therewith in the bushing proper which coact under tightening of a fastener bolt to enhance the rattle-free frictional engagement of the latter with its supporting chassis bracket.

Abstract: An automobile or like power operated radio antenna comprising a telescopic mast tube assembly fabricated of tough flexible polymeric material in tubular sections enclosing an inner metallic drive cable of helically coiled wire serving not only as the actuating cable for deployment of the antenna to and from an extended position but also as the conductive radio wave collector element.

Abstract: A vehicle wheel assembly includes a wheel having a central pilot flange sized loosely with respect to a pilot boss on the wheel-carrying hub member but interferingly engageable with circumferentially spaced resiiently deflectable elements projecting from the boss outer surface and operative to substantially center the wheel on the hub.

Abstract: A line boring machine adapted for high speed line boring of engine blocks or the like featuring a series of spaced crankcase bulkheads, employes a motorized spindle capable of advancing, and boring bar from one end of the block therethrough to the other end to penetrate a remote cutting end of the bar serially through the bulkheads.

Abstract: A ball joint for windshield wiper linkage includes a ball stud attached to one linkage member and a stamped metal socket member enclosing the ball stud and resiliently urged within an aperture of another linkage member.

Abstract: Automotive vehicle wheel and spring suspension of the type including a transversely extending leaf spring is adapted to effect adjustment of the vehicle sprung mass or chassis to a desired height or level attitude by manipulation of a spring connector assembly effective to raise and lower the outboard end of the spring independently of alteration of the wheel guidance apparatus of the suspension.

Abstract: A roll stabilizing system for vehicle wheel spring suspension includes piston and cylinder units mounted between the chassis and respective suspension control arms at opposite sides of the vehicle to counteract roll of the vehicle sprung mass during cornering maneuvers. A single ended piston rod in each cylinder unit defines pressure chambers of unequal cross-sectional area and adverse affects of such inequality on the suspension system are prevented by a force compensating hydraulic circuit including additional piston and cylinder combinations responsive to hydraulic pressures sustained in the suspension control arm hydraulic units.

Abstract: Automobile windshield wiper apparatus wherein transmission linkage ball stud coupling combinations employ flat surfaces on facing linkage members in the area of each coupling cooperating with a polymeric one-piece socket bushing having a sealing skirt portion providing a lubricant seal.

Abstract: An automotive vehicle power-actuated seat adjuster assembly includes a screw type height adjustment apparatus employing a nut held axially but rotatable under applied torque within spaced antifriction bearings, one of which bearings is an element molded of low friction polymeric material formed with elastic thrust absorbing legs deflectable to provide up to a predetermined amount of axial preload in the screw and nut elements.

Abstract: A lateral control link of an independent rear wheel vehicle suspension is provided at its inboard pivot connection with an adjustment lever swingable on a support bracket of the vehicle chassis by insertion of a hand tool to facilitate manual adjustment of the vehicle wheel toe-in setting.

Abstract: An automotive vehicle rear axle includes longitudinally rearwardly extending control arms pivoted at their forward end on the body and carrying road wheels at their rearward end, a transverse beam connected to each control arm between the body pivot and wheel axis thereof, the connections permitting relative rotation between each control arm and the respective connected end of the transverse beam along an axis of the latter which extends obliquely to the control arm.

Abstract: A remote fluid reservoir blow-molded of polymeric material is provided with an antechamber for the reception of incoming high velocity fluid and impinging of same in a sinuous course on walls of the antechamber which are so configured as to smoothly reduce flow velocity and avoid undue turbulence upon introduction of the fluid into a main storage chamber.

Abstract: A reservoir vessel intended for storage of a small volume of reserve fluid in an automobile for a remotely located power steering or like system connected with the reservoir by flexible hoses and including a baffle structure for redirecting the incoming high velocity flow from the system to mix within the reservoir without undue turbulence and air entrainment.This invention relates to vehicle fluid power systems and more particularly to an improved reservoir therefor.The modern trend in vehicle design, front wheel drive and otherwise, creates even further premium on space in engine compartments, and a corresponding emphasis in redesigning engine-related accessories. In power steering and like fluid power systems, it is now often desirable to separate the fluid reservoir from what formerly had been unitary association with a submerged engine-driven pump, and rather to situate it remote from the engine and connect it to the steering gear and pump by flexible hoses.

Abstract: Alignment of wheel camber in a strut type vehicle suspension is accomplished by a U-shaped tool which is hooked over the ends of one of the bolt fasteners between the strut and the wheel support member and which seats on the strut during graduated movement of the support member to a desired camber setting.

Abstract: A vehicle window wiping apparatus includes a guide arm and a wiper arm telescopable to simultaneously extend or retract the wiper arm on the guide arm as the wiper arm is driven by an endless belt drive means which carries an end of the wiper arm in a noncentric path with relation to the rotary axis of oscillation of the guide arm.

Abstract: The hydraulic strut assembly and the wheel support knuckle of a vehicle strut type suspension are mounted in the vehicle such that the vehicle sprung mass imposes a force couple tending to drive the suspension parts toward a maximum negative camber position, and an adjustable set screw device is threadably mounted in the knuckle to abut the strut lower end and oppose the force couple to hold a selected camber position.

Abstract: In a vertical telescopic strut and transverse lower control arm type suspension, such elements are interconnected at a point substantially inboard between the ends of the control arm and the wheel support knuckle is substantially outboard of the strut axis at the distal outer end of the lower control arm. A second transversely extending control arm for the wheel knuckle is swingably mounted upon the lower telescopic portion of the strut above the lower control arm.

Abstract: A vehicle wheel suspension including a strut member provided at its lower end with a wheel spindle and a connection with a lateral lower control arm, further includes mounting apparatus for attaching the upper end of the strut to a stamped sheet metal tower portion of the vehicle superstructure and having provisions for adjustment of either wheel caster or wheel camber via relative movement of the upper end of the strut relative to the tower.

Abstract: A motor vehicle roll control system in a motor vehicle having a suspension system including one or more anti-roll bars, said motor vehicle being a dual-purpose vehicle for both road use and off-road use, which roll control system includes anti-roll force adjustment means whereby the action of said anti-roll bars can be eliminated or modified within predetermined limits, either manually or automatically, to compensate for changes in terrain traversed by said vehicle.

Abstract: Independent rear suspension for automobiles of the type including at each side of the vehicle a semi-trailing control arm swingable on an axis angularly displaced with respect to a transverse plane of the sprung mass, is further provided with a stabilizer bar connected between the control arms by having end crank arm portions of the bar each anchored at its terminal end to the control arm and further connected to the control arm at a spaced location from the anchor by a swingable bushed linkage such that the stabilizer bar experiences no stress affecting the suspension spring rate during normal pitch and ride motion of the sprung mass.