Abstract: A ball joint relocation kit including a ball stud having a ball end, a threaded end, and a shaft with a straight outer diameter, and a sleeve having a tapered outer diameter and a straight inner diameter, wherein the sleeve is adapted to be received in a tapered hole through a steering knuckle from a bottom side, and the ball stud is adapted to be received through the tapered hole and the sleeve from the top side. The ball joint relocation kit can be used to replace an OEM ball stud to relocate the ball joint from below the steering knuckle to above the steering knuckle in suspension lifted vehicles.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 31, 2016
Date of Patent:
December 4, 2018
Assignee:
POWERS AND SONS, LLC
Inventors:
Ron North, Sawyer Miller, Jesse Raver, Christopher Fink
Abstract: A steering attenuator assembly including a first and second sleeves defining axial passages, the second sleeve engaged within the first sleeve and movable relative thereto in an axial direction, and first and second spring members fitted internal to the attenuator, the first spring member arranged to compress under compressive loading of the steering attenuator and the second spring member arranged to compress under tensile loading of the steering attenuator, wherein the attenuator is tunable.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 20, 2013
Date of Patent:
April 7, 2015
Assignee:
Powers and Sons, LLC
Inventors:
Gene J. Messenger, Charles E. Letts, III, Joseph M. Martin, Ronald D. North
Abstract: A steering attenuator assembly including a first and second sleeves defining axial passages, the second sleeve engaged within the first sleeve and movable relative thereto in an axial direction, and first and second spring members fitted internal to the attenuator, the first spring member arranged to compress under compressive loading of the steering attenuator and the second spring member arranged to compress under tensile loading of the steering attenuator, wherein the attenuator is tunable.
Type:
Application
Filed:
August 20, 2013
Publication date:
October 2, 2014
Applicant:
Powers and Sons, LLC
Inventors:
Gene J. Messenger, Charles E. Letts, III, Joseph M. Martin, Ronald D. North