Patents Assigned to Deluxe Stamping and Die Company
  • Patent number: 5947518
    Abstract: A bracket includes a hollow base that can be welded to a frame rail of a vehicle. The base includes opposing U-shaped retainer arms that face each other and that define a bolt passageway therebetween. A plate including an internally tapped cylinder having a diameter less than the bolt passageway is disposed in the base between the arms, with the tapped cylinder positioned in the bolt passageway and the plate floatingly retained between the arms. With this combination of structure, the plate can move in the base. Consequently, a bolt can be engaged with a component of the rear suspension of the vehicle and advanced into the bolt passageway, and then the plate with cylinder moved as necessary to threadably engage the bolt to couple the suspension to the frame rail while absorbing minor manufacturing tolerance variations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1999
    Assignees: DaimlerChrysler Corporation, Deluxe Stamping and Die Company
    Inventors: Forrest C. Redman, Max A. Corporon, Larry E. Nelson