Centrifugal Force Transmission Linkage Patents (Class 280/124.107)
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Patent number: 12179544Abstract: A convertible link for use with an anti-sway bar is provided. The convertible link includes a hydraulic cylinder having a link tube and a fluid shaft. The fluid shaft includes a piston coupled to a first end of the fluid shaft, wherein the fluid shaft and the piston are slidably coupled within the link tube. Fluid flows in and out of the hydraulic cylinder to move the hydraulic cylinder between a fixed and a moveable condition. In the fixed position the fluid shaft does not move with respect to the link tube and the anti-sway bar is operational to control roll. In the moveable condition the fluid shaft is moveable with respect to the link tube and the anti-sway bar is not operational to control roll.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2022Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: Shock Therapy Suspension, Inc.Inventor: Justin Smith
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Patent number: 11524541Abstract: A system and methods are provided for a suspension system of an off-road vehicle that allows the springs to be mounted remotely, in any location on the vehicle, enabling the use of spring sizes, spring rates, motion ratios, and damping profiles that would be impractical with traditional suspensions. The suspension system includes a hydraulic cylinder coupled between the wheel and the chassis, in lieu of a conventional spring. This cylinder is in fluid communication with another cylinder by way of a hydraulic hose. This second cylinder includes a piston that presses against a suspension spring that is in contact with a fixed spring stop, thus transferring spring forces to the wheel. Alternatively, the spring stop may comprise a control actuator that moves according to signals from an onboard computer control system, enabling active control over spring load and chassis attitude.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2020Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Inventor: Jonathan L. Corsico
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Patent number: 11173767Abstract: An anti-roll bar link for a vehicle suspension may be positioned between an anti-roll bar and an articulating arm. The link selectively transfers movement of the arm to the bar, depending on a locked or unlocked state. The link includes a body interfacing a slidable shaft. A valve selectively controls flow of a damping fluid between an inner chamber of the body and a remote chamber. In the locked state, flow of the damping fluid is restricted at least in a direction from the inner chamber to the remote chamber, and movement of the arm is transferred through the link to the bar. In the unlocked state, flow of the damping fluid is permitted in this direction, and movement of the arm causes the shaft to translate with respect to the body such that at least a portion of the movement is not transferred to the bar.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2019Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: Christopher Cox CreativeInventor: Christopher Paul Cox
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Patent number: 11124039Abstract: A coupled torsion beam axle apparatus of a vehicle includes: a left torsion bar and a right torsion bar arranged in an internal space of the torsion beam so to be separated from each other in a horizontal direction of a torsion beam. Torsion stiffness of the torsion beam is tuned by replacing the left torsion bar and the right torsion bar, and particularly, warping stiffness is tuned by changing a position where the left torsion bar is coupled to the torsion beam and a position where the right torsion bar is coupled to the torsion beam.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2019Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Youn Hyung Cho, Dong Min Lim
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Patent number: 11097590Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for controlling operation of a stabilizer bar of a vehicle. In one example, a stabilizer bar includes two shafts joined together by a gas-actuated decoupler. The decoupler may be actuated in order to enable each of the shafts to twist relative to each other.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2019Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: WARN Automotive, LLCInventors: Adrian Simula, Christopher James Boudreau, Craig Feusse
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Patent number: 11014419Abstract: An off-highway recreational vehicle having a longitudinal centerline includes a frame and a rear suspension. The rear suspension includes a left A-arm, wherein the left A-arm has a pivot axis, the pivot axis being on a right-hand side of the longitudinal centerline.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2018Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: ARCTIC CAT INC.Inventors: Devin Joseph Danielson, Adam Christian Krone, Nathan Len Wiater, Aaron Lee Swanson, Erick John Halvorson, Douglas Robert Grangroth, Kevin James Miller, Jared Richard Spindler, Leigh Raymond Collyer, Donald Scott Hansen, Joseph Patrick Wood
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Patent number: 10906372Abstract: A suspension structure for an in-wheel motor drive device of the present invention includes an in-wheel motor drive device (10), a shock absorber (76), a torsion bar (81), and a stabilizer link (86), wherein: the shock absorber includes an upper spring seat (79a) provided in an upper end region of the shock absorber and a lower spring seat (79b) provided in a lower end region of the shock absorber and forming a pair with the upper spring seat; an upper end (87a) of the stabilizer link is arranged between a vehicle back edge (79d) of the lower spring seat and a vehicle front edge (79c) of the lower spring seat; and a lower end (87b) of the stabilizer link is arranged so as to overlap with a hub wheel (12) as viewed in an axial direction of the hub wheel.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2017Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: NTN CORPORATIONInventors: Yusuke Shibuya, Shiro Tamura
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Patent number: 10780754Abstract: A spring suspension includes a support assembly, two shock absorbing columns, two shock absorbing springs, two suspension rocker arms, two connectors and two connecting rods. The two shock absorbing columns are arranged on the support assembly symmetrically. The two suspension rocker arms are arranged on two ends of the support assembly in an opposing manner. Each shock absorbing spring sleeves the corresponding shock absorbing column which is also movably connected to the corresponding connector. Each of the connectors and the corresponding connecting rod are coaxially arranged on a cart body, and an articulation point between the connector and the connecting rod is located between the two shock absorbing columns. Each of the connecting rods is movably connected to the corresponding suspension rocker arm. The spring suspension of the utility model has a simple structure and is capable of improving the off-road performance of a golf cart.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2018Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: CHONGQING RICHLAND MOLD CORP.Inventor: Lin Ye
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Patent number: 10603969Abstract: The disclosure relates to a wheel suspension system for a wheel suspension on an axle beam of a vehicle using a fastening screw, including: an entrainment element non-rotatably joinable with the fastening screw and configured to apply a torque to the fastening screw to release a force-locking fastening; and a control arm configured to be attached to the axle beam by the fastening screw and configured to act on the entrainment element during a rotational movement of the control arm with respect to the axle beam to produce the torque to release the force-locking fastening.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2017Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbHInventors: Dennis Fluerenbrock, Thomas Henksmeier, Aloys Schroeder, Peter Stastny
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Patent number: 10449823Abstract: A bush main body having a circumferential part divided by a first virtual plane includes a first portion that is extended over a predetermined circumferential distance from the first virtual plane, a second portion that is disposed opposite the first portion with the first virtual plane sandwiched in between and is extended over a predetermined circumferential distance from the first virtual plane, and a third portion that is a portion other than the first and second portions. The inside diameter of the inner peripheral surface in a second virtual plane that includes an axial center and is perpendicular to the first virtual plane is set to be greater than the inside diameter of the inner peripheral surface in the first virtual plane while the first portion is in contact with the second portion in a no-load state before bonding to the stabilizer bar.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2017Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: TOYO TIRE CORPORATIONInventor: Yoshiyuki Saihara
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Patent number: 10428890Abstract: A vibration-damping device (1) of the present invention includes a tubular first attachment member (11), a second attachment member (12) that is attached to any one of a vibration generating portion and a vibration receiving portion, an elastic body (13) that connects the first attachment member and the second attachment member with each other, and a bracket (B) that is connected to the remaining one of the vibration generating portion and the vibration receiving portion and is press-fitted into the first attachment member. The second attachment member includes a stopper wall portion (14) which surrounds the first attachment member from radially outside. A penetration hole (11b) which is open toward the stopper wall portion is formed in the first attachment member, and a stopper elastic body (19) covering the penetration hole is installed on an inner circumferential surface of the first attachment member.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2016Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventor: Hiroaki Shimizu
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Patent number: 10220666Abstract: A link arm member of the present invention is used in a vehicle for connecting a suspension and a stabilizer, and includes: a support bar that is sealed by plastically deforming a hollow metal pipe at both ends thereof; and a housing part made of resin that is arranged at each end of the support bar and has a receiving hole for receiving a ball part of a ball stud to which the suspension or the stabilizer is fixed, wherein the housing part is formed by insert molding with the support bar.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2015Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.Inventor: Shigeru Kuroda
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Patent number: 10086673Abstract: A wheel suspension unit is disclosed. The wheel suspension unit includes a stabilizer having a first end and a second end, a wheel suspension element, and a piston-cylinder unit. The piston-cylinder unit connects an end of the stabilizer to the wheel suspension element. The piston-cylinder unit is a roll damper. The roll damper includes a plurality of roll damping valves arranged in a piston of the roll damper. Each of the plurality of roll damping valves has a non-return valve and an adjustable throttle valve. The non-return valve is arranged in series with the adjustable throttle valve.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2014Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Simon Baales, Jens Dornhege, Michael Seemann, Martin Saeger
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Patent number: 10052930Abstract: The present invention relates to a stabilizer for a vehicle which is installed between a pair of wheels of the vehicle and includes a first bar disposed to extend in a width direction of the vehicle; an actuator supported by a vehicle body of the vehicle and coupled to the first bar and a first connecting member to move the first bar in the width direction of the vehicle; and a second bar having one side connected to the first bar and the other side connected to one side of a wheel supporter which supports one wheel of the pair of wheels of the vehicle, wherein, when the first bar is moved in the width direction of the vehicle, the other side of the second bar is moved so that the one side of the wheel supporter is moved in an upper direction or a lower direction of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2017Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: MANDO CORPORATIONInventor: Junho Seong
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Patent number: 9994083Abstract: A pipe-shaped member of the present invention is a pipe-shaped member (1) which includes a flat plate portion (1h1, 1h2) placed in at least one end portion (1a1) of two end portions of the pipe, formed in a flat plate shape, and including groove-shaped recessed portions (ta1, tb1, tb2) formed in one and another extended surfaces in the flat plate shape. The recessed portions (ta1, tb1, tb2) are formed such that the flat plate portion (1h1, 1h2) has at least a substantially W-shape, in a direction crossing a longitudinal direction of the flat plate portion (1h1, 1h2), and with a depth not reaching a boundary (1ha) between one plate (1h1) and the other plate (1h2) of the flat plate portion (1h1, 1h2).Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2015Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.Inventor: Kenji Katsuno
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Patent number: 9463677Abstract: A wheel suspension for a motor vehicle is disclosed having a wheel carrier and having multiple links which are each connected to the wheel carrier by way of a link attachment. The wheel carrier has a shell body composed of sheet metal and includes a base and a side wall. The shell body is closed off in regions by a cover plate, with the shell body being stiffened in this way. At least one link attachment has a bearing receptacle which is fixed in the side wall of the shell body, and in which a bearing is held. The link is fastened to link attachment, and engages around the bearing receptacle. The bearing receptacle is a sleeve or is formed as a rim hole in the side wall of the shell body.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2015Date of Patent: October 11, 2016Assignee: BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBHInventors: Siegmund Czerr, Stephan Meyer
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Patent number: 9302707Abstract: The invention relates to a crossmember, in particular the rear crossmember of a motor vehicle, for a multi-link suspension of the wheel, characterized in that the crossmember has a respective receiving arrangement for the drive of each of the wheels.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2012Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignee: KSM Castings Group GmbHInventors: Thomas Buschjohann, Andreas Kiesel
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Patent number: 9212036Abstract: An industrial truck includes a chassis comprising a plurality of wheels, and wheel suspensions. Each wheel suspension is mounted on the chassis around two axes so as to be tiltable. At least two wheels of the plurality of wheels are each mounted on the chassis via a respective wheel suspension.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2013Date of Patent: December 15, 2015Assignee: HUBTEX MASCHINENBAU GMBH & CO. KGInventor: Juergen Keller
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Publication number: 20150102575Abstract: A golf cart vehicle is disclosed having a suspension that includes a single suspension device that provides for a plurality of functions. In one embodiment the single suspension device includes a plurality of transverse mounted leaf springs that are longitudinally spaced apart from one another to provide a spring and control arm combined effect. The leaf springs can be coupled to a wheel, such as through a steering knuckle via a ball and socket joint. The leaf springs can further be mounted to a chassis via clamps. In one embodiment the clamps are connected to the leaf springs through resilient bushings which can be spaced apart from one another to provide an anti-roll bar effect.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2014Publication date: April 16, 2015Inventors: Ryan Douglas Lake, Byron Jon Danielson
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Patent number: 8967643Abstract: Split roll stabilizer of a motor vehicle, between the two stabilizer parts (2a) of which an actuator (1) for a torsion of the stabilizer parts (2a) can be effectively disposed, a sensor (11) for determining the torsional moment acting in the stabilizer parts (2a) being provided.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2011Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Ralf Mayer, Manfred Kraus, Bernd Wittmann
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Patent number: 8944449Abstract: A vehicle is disclosed. The vehicle may include a hydraulic system. The vehicle may include a sway bar. The sway bar may be positioned rearward of a hydraulic pump of the hydraulic system. A console having a first hydraulic input may be provided in an operator area of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2011Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: Polaris Industries Inc.Inventors: Chris J. Hurd, Richard D. Ripley, Anthony J. Kinsman, Matthew S. Kmecik, Brent A. Erspamer, Ryan D. Carlson
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Publication number: 20150014955Abstract: A subframe for a motor vehicle for pivotally connecting wheel suspension elements and for supporting a stabilizer which extends in a transverse direction of the motor vehicle, said subframe includes lateral longitudinal members extending in a longitudinal direction of the motor vehicle and at least one cross member connecting the longitudinal members in a transverse direction of the vehicle, the at least one cross member being constructed as a hollow profile part having a hollow profile forming a stabilizer groove, the at least one cross member having a longitudinal through passage for a cardan shaft which is drivable by a rear axle differential carried by the subframe, the through passage being vertically offset relative to the stabilizer groove. The stabilizer connects the longitudinal members in the transverse direction of the motor vehicle, and extends at least in part in the stabilizer groove between the longitudinal members.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2014Publication date: January 15, 2015Inventor: Peter Leibl
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Patent number: 8919794Abstract: A device suspends a steerable wheel on a vehicle via a wheel carrier that is pivotable about a steering axis and on which the wheel is rotatably mounted. The device includes an upper link including a first end and a second end. The upper link is pivotably mounted on the vehicle by the first end and supports the wheel carrier by the second end via a wheel carrier arm. A lower link includes a wheel-side end on which the wheel carrier is pivotably mounted and a vehicle-side end that is pivotably mounted on the vehicle. A stabilizer is pivotably supported in support bearings on the vehicle. The stabilizer includes a free end connected to a coupling rod that extends in a bent manner around a wheel-side region of a spring strut and another end that is mounted on the wheel carrier.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2013Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AktiengesellschaftInventor: Reinhard Kunert
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Publication number: 20140375006Abstract: Modular suspension systems for customizing a stock automobile are presented including in any combination: a pair of asymmetrical control arm components having a control arm connection geometry sized to replace a pair of stock control arm components, where the pair of asymmetrical control arm components include at least additional control arm customization, and where the pair of asymmetrical control arm components are compatible with all other stock components of the stock automobile without modification of the stock components; a pair of spindle components having a spindle connection geometry sized to replace a pair of stock spindle components, where the pair of spindle components include at least additional spindle customization, and where the pair of spindle components are compatible with all other stock components of the stock automobile without modification of the stock components.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2014Publication date: December 25, 2014Inventor: Ronald D. Jenkins
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Patent number: 8905417Abstract: A stabilizer link and a production method therefor are provided in which a jig for attaching a forming die to a subassembly has a simple structure and which can effectively prevent leakage of a resin to the outside. In insert molding, a ring member is used. An outer peripheral side surface of a ball seat of a subassembly is abutted to an inner peripheral surface of a hole of the ring member. An outer peripheral side radial direction surface of a fixing portion of a dust cover is pressed toward the flange portion of the ball seat by a surface of the ring member, and the fixing portion is held by the surface and the flange portion. An end portion of a die body is abutted to another surface of the ring member.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2012Date of Patent: December 9, 2014Assignee: NHK Spring Co., Ltd.Inventor: Shigeru Kuroda
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Patent number: 8888082Abstract: A mount bushing of a stabilizer bar for a vehicle includes an insert adapted to be directly molded to a predetermined position of the stabilizer bar, a sliding bearing comprising a pair of bearings and adapted to be coupled to an exterior circumference of the insert, a lubrication layer being formed between the insert and the sliding bearing, a rubber bushing comprising upper and lower rubber members and adapted to be coupled to the sliding bearing such that the rubber bushing encloses an exterior circumference of the sliding bearing, a bracket adapted to enclose the rubber bushing and to be fixed to a vehicle body, and first and second sealing means adapted to prevent foreign materials from flowing into the rubber bushing and to prevent grease in the rubber bushing from flowing out.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2012Date of Patent: November 18, 2014Assignee: Hyundai Motor CompanyInventors: Hee Gon Kang, Daewon Jang
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Patent number: 8882092Abstract: A mount bushing assembly of a stabilizer bar for a vehicle, may include an inner bushing including a rubber member having a tubular shape and coupled to an external circumference of the stabilizer bar, and a pipe enclosing an external circumference of the rubber member, a sliding bearing including a pair of bearings coupled to upper and lower portions of an external circumference of the inner bushing, and a bracket including upper and lower brackets that may be coupled each other, and integrally formed at an interior surface thereof with an upper outer bushing and a lower outer bushing respectively, wherein the bracket may be fixed to a vehicle body in a state of enclosing the sliding bearing.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2012Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: Hyundai Motor CompanyInventor: Daewon Jang
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Patent number: 8870202Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a stabilizer for vehicle suspension, comprising a longitudinal polymeric body with a metal frame having two ends (3) and a central sector (2), having a hole (4) at each end (3) wherein there is housed a ball joint (7), where the frame is formed from two metal parts (1) having an open section which are arranged opposite one another on their open sides, the central sector (2) of each part (1) comprising two tabs (6) located in opposition on each side and facing the open side, and the ends (3) comprising rims (3?) such that the two opposing parts (1) rest on the tabs (6) and on the rims (3?) and are embedded in an overmolded body (5) which externally coats them and fills the inner space defined by the two opposing metal parts (1).Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2013Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: Edai Technical Unit, A.I.E.Inventors: Rafael Teijeiro Castro, Jorge Varela, Joserra Mosteiro
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Patent number: 8864155Abstract: Injection molding is performed such that the reinforced resin is injected into the cavity and the space. The fixing portion shown is formed at the bottom portion side of the side surface portion of the main body portion by the injection molding. In this case, the fixing protrusion stripe portion, which is fitted to the fixing groove portion of the main body portion, is formed at the fixing portion. The projection portion projecting from the hole portion of the housing to an external portion is formed at the bottom portion of the fixing portion, and the projection portion is formed to have the shape engaging with the outer surface of the bottom portion of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2011Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: NHK Spring Co., Ltd.Inventor: Shigeru Kuroda
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Patent number: 8857835Abstract: The present invention relates to a rear suspension system of a coupled torsion beam which comprises a torsion beam and trailing arms connected to ends of the torsion beam by welding, wherein a gap with a predetermined length is formed between the torsion beam and the trailing arm.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2012Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: Sungwoo Hitech Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mun Yong Lee, Jichan Kim
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Patent number: 8851490Abstract: The invention relates to a stabilizer arrangement for a motor vehicle, composed of a first stabilizer half, a second stabilizer half, and an actuator which couples the two stabilizer halves, wherein a first connecting section of the actuator is connected to the first stabilizer half, and a second connecting section of the actuator is connected to the second stabilizer half, in a rotationally fixed fashion and so as to be nondisplaceable in the axial direction. In this context, at least one connecting element is present which connects the stabilizer halves by their end sides to the connecting sections, and wherein the at least one connecting element is embodied as a pin connection, bolt connection or screw connection.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2012Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignee: Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbHInventors: Friso Berheide, Andreas Janzen
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Patent number: 8827288Abstract: A torsion portion extending in a vehicle width direction and having a first cross-sectional area, shoulder portions located at both ends of the torsion portion and having a second cross-sectional area larger than the first cross-sectional area and arm portions extending from the shoulder portions in a front and back direction of a vehicle, respectively and having the first cross-sectional area, so that even when a hollow member is used for weight saving, can be realized by design and manufacturing method facilitating making uniform principal stress as in a solid member.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2012Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: NHK Spring Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shigeru Kuroda, Shuji Ohmura
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Patent number: 8770605Abstract: A chassis frame (1) including connection members (13) each configured by a pipe that is connected to a vehicle body frame. Each connection member (13) is provided with an attachment part (2) at an end of the pipe. The attachment part (2) includes a flat attachment face (21) formed by flatly crashing an end of the pipe to form the overlapped portion where a plate of the pipe is overlapped. The flat attachment face (21) is provided on a center in left and right direction of the overlapped portion. A shape of the end of the pipe is a substantially gate shape in its cross section. The attachment part (2) further includes longitudinal ribs (22) bending from the flat attachment face (21) to both left and right sides of the overlapped portion.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2012Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignees: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisya, Hiruta-Kogyo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Manabu Urata, Kenichi Suzuki, Junji Ishii, Yoshitaka Noda, Mitsuyori Gurita
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Patent number: 8770603Abstract: A divided roll stabilizer of a motor vehicle between whose two stabilizer parts (2a) an actuator (1) can be arranged for a torsion of the stabilizer parts (2a). At least one of the stabilizer parts (2a) is provided with a torsion transmitting connecting part (4a) for connection to the actuator (1), and the connecting part (4a) is magnetically coded.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2012Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Bernd Wittmann, Ralf Mayer, Andrea Lottes, Norbert Hofmann
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Patent number: 8733771Abstract: A suspension system for supporting a vehicle body includes an axle and a mounting member that is coupled by a first coupling member to the axle. The mounting member is also coupled by a second coupling member to the axle. At least one of the first and second coupling members includes a mount damper that dampens loads transferred between the mounting member and the axle. The suspension system also includes a track bar that is coupled by a third coupling member to the vehicle body and that is coupled by a fourth coupling member to the mounting member.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2011Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: Chrysler Group LLCInventors: James J. Johnson, Jacek Dubiel, Alexandre Opeiko
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Publication number: 20140131970Abstract: A stabilizer link and a production method therefor are provided in which a jig for attaching a forming die to a subassembly has a simple structure and which can effectively prevent leakage of a resin to the outside. In insert molding, a ring member is used. An outer peripheral side surface of a ball seat of a subassembly is abutted to an inner peripheral surface of a hole of the ring member. An outer peripheral side radial direction surface of a fixing portion of a dust cover is pressed toward the flange portion of the ball seat by a surface of the ring member, and the fixing portion is held by the surface and the flange portion. An end portion of a die body is abutted to another surface of the ring member.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2012Publication date: May 15, 2014Applicant: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.Inventor: Shigeru Kuroda
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Patent number: 8714571Abstract: The present invention is directed to a torque rod comprised of a two piece mating design which increases rigidity and reduces the number of welds. Unlike other designs this design has single piece forged ends which permits the torque rod of the present invention to take greater payloads than other designs can take. The design further includes internal bearings.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2010Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: Automann Inc.Inventors: Sachin Nataraj, Thanwant Khanduja, Chiranjeev Khanduja
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Patent number: 8702113Abstract: An end link suitable for connecting a direct acting stabilizer bar to a steerable strut includes a rod having first and second grommets thereon. Bearing assemblies are provided adjacent the grommets and include portions thereof connected to for rotation with the grommets and other portions thereof independently rotatable relative to the grommets.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2011Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.Inventors: Jason K Trotter, Dennis M Mark, Troy S Field
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Patent number: 8690174Abstract: A slewing motor for an active roll stabilizer, which can be connected by its drive to one stabilizer half, and which can be connected on the stator side to another stabilizer half of a divided stabilizer. A torsion element, whose rotational rigidity is lower than the rotational rigidity of the stabilizer, is effectively arranged between the drive and the one stabilizer half.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2010Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Ulrich Grau, Ralf Mayer
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Patent number: 8690175Abstract: A disconnectible stabilizer bar assembly for a vehicle having first and second stabilizer bar halves, a housing fixed to an end portion of each stabilizer bar half, so as to align the two halves. The housing containing a stator with magnetic coil, a rotor with exterior magnets and threaded onto a hollow screw, with the stator selectively rotating the rotor and the rotation translated into axial movement of the screw. The screw having meshing means on an interior surface and an end face, the interior meshing means meshed with an exterior meshing means on one of the stabilizer bar halves, and the end face meshing means selectively coupled and decoupled with aligned mashing means on the other of the stabilizer bar halves.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2013Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventor: Mark Brown
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Patent number: 8684381Abstract: A stabilizer bar for a commercial vehicle which comprises an elongate torsion spring (5), two suspension arms (6, 7) which are securely connected to and extend away from the torsion spring (5) and, between which the torsion spring (5) extends. An actuator (12) is connected in parallel with the torsion spring (5) and is connected to the torsion spring (5) or the suspension arms (6, 7) with the intermediate connection of hinge joints (23, 25) or leaf springs (17, 19).Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2009Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AGInventors: Manfred Buhl, Friedhelm Langhorst, Bernhard Eilers
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Patent number: 8668212Abstract: A stabilizer bar or stabilizer link in fiber composite construction is of a monolithic construction without fiber interruption. The cross section geometry, the wall thickness, and the fiber orientation vary in axial direction and radial direction such that the requirements defined by the available construction space and the expected loads are fulfilled. The fiber orientation is adjusted axially and radially load-appropriately. The middle section of the stabilizer bar that is primarily torsion-loaded is reinforced with fibers oriented between +/?35° and +/?55° relative to the longitudinal axis and the end members that are primarily bending-loaded are reinforced with fibers oriented between +/?20° and +/?40° relative to the longitudinal axis. In the transitional areas between the middle section and the end members there are transitions between these fiber orientations relatively to the longitudinal axis.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2012Date of Patent: March 11, 2014Assignee: Luhn & Pulvermacher-Dittmann & Neuhaus GmbHInventors: Ole Renner, Michael Krahl, Martin Lepper, Werner Hufenbach
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Patent number: 8657314Abstract: The present invention relates to a stabilizer link for a vehicle suspension and method for obtaining it, which allows reducing its cost, as a well as a faster and easier assembly, for which purpose it includes a longitudinal body having two ends with holes in which an articulation element is housed, and a central sector, having at each end a hole, wherein the longitudinal body is formed from two identical parts arranged such that they are facing one another and remain attached by means of a plastically deformable attachment element such that once it is deformed, it prevents the separation of the parts.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2012Date of Patent: February 25, 2014Assignee: EDAI Technical Unit, A.I.E.Inventor: José Ramón Mosteiro Goyoaga
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Patent number: 8616567Abstract: It is an object to effectively enhance rigidity of a subframe installed to couple a pair of right and left wheel suspension members, with a simple structure, and allow a stabilizer to be adequately installed. A subframe (3) installed to couple a pair of right and left wheel suspension members (2) together comprises a cross member (31) provided with a lateral-link support portion (14, 18) supporting an end of the lateral link (5, 6), a pair of right and left side members (33) each extending from a respective one of opposite vehicle-widthwise outer ends of the cross member (31), in a vehicle longitudinal direction; and a pair of right and left reinforcing members (35) each reinforcing a coupling section between the lateral-link support portion (14, 18) of the cross member (31) or a vicinity thereof, and a respective one of the side members (33).Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2011Date of Patent: December 31, 2013Assignee: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Hiroaki Eguchi, Masaaki Tanaka
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Patent number: 8613460Abstract: A bush- and bracket-integrated stabilizer bar includes a stabilizer bar, a rubber bush attached to an outer periphery of the stabilizer bar, and a bracket configured to mount the stabilizer bar to a bottom of a vehicle body with the rubber bush intervened. The stabilizer bar has amine-based curable epoxy paint or amine-containing cationic paint and a surface treatment layer containing a halogen donor-based surface treatment agent on the paint. The rubber bush has a surface treatment layer containing a halogen donor-based surface treatment agent on an inner surface thereof. A thermosetting epoxy adhesive layer containing an amine-based or an organic hydrazide-based curing agent and a bisphenol type epoxy resin is formed between the stabilizer bar and the rubber bush.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2013Date of Patent: December 24, 2013Assignee: NHK Spring Co., Ltd.Inventors: Taisuke Suwa, Yutaka Natsume, Koichi Kusakawa
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Patent number: 8596647Abstract: An active roll control device utilizes a driving torque to move a suspension arm side connection point of a stabilizer link that connects both sides of a stabilizer bar with a suspension arm along a sliding unit such that roll of a vehicle is actively controlled. The sliding unit includes a linear shaft that extends in a vehicle width direction in a housing on the suspension arm, a linear bushing into which the linear shaft is inserted to be slidably moved along the linear shaft in the housing, and a bushing housing that is fixed on an external circumference of the linear bushing, a double ball joint is fixed on an inner side thereof to connect the bushing housing, and the double ball joint is connected to a drive shaft of the drive source through one end of a push rod and a lower end of the stabilizer link.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2012Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: Hyundai Motor CompanyInventors: Un Koo Lee, Sung Bae Jang, Pil Young Jeong
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Publication number: 20130307241Abstract: A disconnectible stabilizer bar assembly for a vehicle having first and second stabilizer bar halves, a housing fixed to an end portion of each stabilizer bar half, so as to align the two halves. The housing containing a stator with magnetic coil, a rotor with exterior magnets and threaded onto a hollow screw, with the stator selectively rotating the rotor and the rotation translated into axial movement of the screw. The screw having meshing means on an interior surface and an end face, the interior meshing means meshed with an exterior meshing means on one of the stabilizer bar halves, and the end face meshing means selectively coupled and decoupled with aligned mashing means on the other of the stabilizer bar halves.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2013Publication date: November 21, 2013Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KGInventor: Mark Brown
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Patent number: 8579312Abstract: An attachment structure of a stabilizer link is provided having one end pivotally fitted to an end of a stabilizer and the other end coupled to a wheel support member by a coupling device. A positional relationship of pivot points of the one end and the other end of the stabilizer link relative to the kingpin axis is set such that when the stabilizer link is displaced relative to the wheel support member in accordance with rolling of a vehicle at the time of turning, the wheel support member is pivotally displaced about the kingpin axis in the direction where a steered angle of the steered wheel is increased, and when a magnitude of roll angle of the vehicle is large, the coupling device increases a ratio of a pivotal displacement amount of the wheel support member relative to the roll angle of the vehicle as compared with a situation where a magnitude of roll angle of the vehicle is small.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2010Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Shingo Koumura
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Patent number: 8562008Abstract: A stabilizer coupling for use in a roll stabilizer for a motor vehicle has at least one actuator, with the actuator being formed by an outer profile element and an inner profile element. An elastically deformable body is arranged between the outer profile element and the inner profile element. The outer profile element is formed as a hollow profile component, in particular a hollow profile component constructed as an extruded profile and made from a light metal alloy.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2012Date of Patent: October 22, 2013Assignee: Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbHInventors: Oliver Seibt, Jürgen Krogmeier, Igor Illg, Friso Berheide, Andreas Janzen
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Publication number: 20130270787Abstract: A bush- and bracket-integrated stabilizer bar includes a stabilizer bar, a rubber bush attached to an outer periphery of the stabilizer bar, and a bracket configured to mount the stabilizer bar to a bottom of a vehicle body with the rubber bush intervened. The stabilizer bar has amine-based curable epoxy paint or amine-containing cationic paint and a surface treatment layer containing a halogen donor-based surface treatment agent on the paint. The rubber bush has a surface treatment layer containing a halogen donor-based surface treatment agent on an inner surface thereof. A thermosetting epoxy adhesive layer containing an amine-based or an organic hydrazide-based curing agent and a bisphenol type epoxy resin is formed between the stabilizer bar and the rubber bush.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2013Publication date: October 17, 2013Inventors: Taisuke SUWA, Yutaka NATSUME, Koichi KUSAKAWA