Chrysler Corporation

Daimlerchrysler Corporation

Deluxe Stamping and Die Company

Forrest C Redman

Max A Corporon

Edwin L Etnyre

James J Shavrnoch

Richard R Churay

Paul A Ferranti

Bret A Edwards

John O Heimbecher

Victoria A Salmononwicz

Larry E Nelson

Andre Amyot

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.

Bracket with floating tap plate for connecting vehicle suspension to body

A torque box assembly for mounting between a vehicle frame side rail and a body side sill for supporting a spool type trailing link isolator. The torque box assembly includes two interconnected box members and two mounting flanges, with the spool type trailing link resiliently connected to one of the box members.

Torque box assembly for a vehicle

A torque box assembly for mounting between a vehicle frame side rail and a body side sill for supporting a rear suspension trailing link. The torque box assembly includes two interconnected box members and two mounting flanges, with the trailing link resiliently connected to one of the box members.

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Lapeer, MI, United States of America

Forrest C Redman