Abstract: A cantilever bushing assembly anchors the central torsional section of a vehicular stabilizer bar in a cantilevered manner relative to a vehicle understructure. The bushing assembly comprises a bracket having a pocket centered on a pocket axis that coincides with a longitudinal axis of the stabilizer bar. Two plastic outer cans are cooperatively slidable into the pocket. Each outer can has an anti-rotation lobe received in respective keyways formed in the pocket. A rubber buffer is bonded to each outer can. Each rubber buffer has a frusto-cylindrical inner bearing surface that forms an arcuate portion of an interior bushing diameter. The inner bearing surface is post-vulcanization bonded to the central torsional section of the stabilizer bar. An arched rate plate is embedded within each rubber buffer. The rubber buffers compress in the area of the inner bearing surfaces and constrict about the central torsional section of the stabilizer bar.

Abstract: A body mount includes a mounting bracket with a cup portion, an isolation portion, and a tube that extends through the cup portion of the mounting bracket. The isolation assembly that has a lower portion which extends between and interconnects the cup portion of the mounting bracket to the tube. The tube has a recessed portion.

Abstract: A mold bonded chassis bushing has an outer housing and an inner member separated by a tubular gap. A body of elastomeric material is mold bonded into a first portion of the bushing such that it bridges and at least partially fills the gap. The elastomeric material does not fill or bridge the annular gap in a central area or a second portion of the bushing, such that a void is defined between the inner surface of the outer housing and the outer surface of the inner housing in the central area and second portion. A protrusion extends from the inner surface of the outer housing or the outer surface of the inner member, in the central area such that the void extends between the protrusion and the respective opposed surface. The protrusion functions as a travel limiter for the bushing without compressing the elastomeric material in the first portion.

Abstract: A top mount for a suspension damper has a housing with an interior chamber and a damper attachment member disposed in the interior chamber and spaced from the top end and the bottom end. An isolation assembly, formed of MCU, has an upper portion disposed between the member and the top end of the housing and a lower portion disposed between the member and the bottom end of the housing such that the isolation assembly supports the member in the housing. A travel limiter is disposed in the housing and has a first body of resilient material disposed between the member and the top end of the housing and a second body of material disposed between the member and the bottom end of the housing. The isolation assembly is disposed so as to function in parallel to the travel limiter.

Abstract: A top mount for a suspension damper has a housing with an interior chamber and a damper attachment member disposed in the interior chamber and spaced from the top end and the bottom end. An isolation assembly, formed of MCU, has an upper portion disposed between the member and the top end of the housing and a lower portion disposed between the member and the bottom end of the housing such that the isolation assembly supports the member in the housing. A travel limiter is disposed in the housing and has a first body of resilient material disposed between the member and the top end of the housing and a second body of material disposed between the member and the bottom end of the housing. The isolation assembly is disposed so as to function in parallel to the travel limiter.

Abstract: A mold bonded chassis bushing has an outer housing and an inner member separated by a tubular gap. A body of elastomeric material is mold bonded into a first portion of the bushing such that it bridges and at least partially fills the gap. The elastomeric material does not fill or bridge the annular gap in a central area or a second portion of the bushing, such that a void is defined between the inner surface of the outer housing and the outer surface of the inner housing in the central area and second portion. A protrusion extends from the inner surface of the outer housing or the outer surface of the inner member, in the central area such that the void extends between the protrusion and the respective opposed surface. The protrusion functions as a travel limiter for the bushing without compressing the elastomeric material in the first portion.