Pullman Company

Brent D Johnston

Ronald J McLaughlin

Frank McCarthy

Matthew G Wieczorek

A bushing assembly includes an inner sleeve, a bearing, an elastomeric bushing, and an outer sleeve. The inner sleeve includes two pieces. Each of the two pieces includes a distal end portion and a proximal end portion. Each of the proximal end portions includes an external shoulder having an outer radial face and an inner axial face. The bearing is rotationally mounted around the inner sleeve and captured between each of the inner axial faces of the external shoulders. The elastomeric bushing is disposed around the bearing and abutting the outer radial faces of the external shoulders. The outer sleeve is disposed around the elastomeric bushing and extending at least partially over the external shoulders.

Controlled torque bushing with shouldered two-piece inner sleeve

A bushing assembly, such as for a vehicle suspension, includes inner and outer sleeves, a bushing disposed radially between the inner and outer sleeves, and a two-piece bar pin. The two-piece bar pin is configured such that a first inboard end of a first bar pin component is received in one end of the inner sleeve and a second inboard end of a second bar pin component is received in the other end of the inner sleeve. One or both of the first and second inboard ends of the first and second bar pin components has a closed end bore such that the first and second bar pin components cooperate to form a closed cavity within the two-piece bar pin assembly for weight saving purposes when the first and second inboard ends of the first and second bar pin components are pressed into the inner sleeve.

Vehicle suspension bushing assembly with two-piece bar pin and method of assembling the same

A sway bar assembly has a center spacer bar which is attached at each end to a lever arm. An elastomeric bushing assembly is disposed between the center spacer bar and each lever arm. At the end of the lever arms opposite to the center sway bar, an elastomeric bushing assembly is attached to each lever arm to facilitate attachment to the vehicle. The elastomeric bushing assembly between the lever arms and the center spacer bar includes an inner metal defined by the center spacer bar, an outer metal defined by the respective lever arm and an elastomeric bushing disposed between the inner and outer metals.

Heavy truck sway bar assembly

A V-configuration torque rod includes an apex joint assembly which includes a cast apex joint housing. A pair of solid rods are threadingly received by the cast apex joint housing and an end joint assembly is attached to the end of each solid rod. A retention system in the form of a clamp or jamb nut secure the solid rods to the cast apex joint housing. A length adjustment mechanism can be incorporated between the solid rods and the end joint assemblies if necessary.

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Milan, OH, United States of America

Brent D Johnston