Steering Solutions IP Holding Corporation

Patrick D McCall

William David Cymbal

Jason T Rutkiewicz

Jeffrey E Beyerlein

Joseph B Rombach

Jonathan R Engelhardt

A bushing assembly includes a bushing housing having an inner surface that is non-planar. The bushing assembly also includes an insert member having an interface surface in contact with the inner surface of the bushing housing, wherein the interface surface comprises a non-planar geometry corresponding to the inner surface of the bushing housing.

Hemispherical bushing assembly

According to one exemplary embodiment of the present invention an eccentric adjuster assembly is provided. The eccentric adjuster assembly includes a housing, an eccentric adjuster, an axial retainer, and an eccentric adjuster retainer configured to retain the eccentric adjuster relative to the housing, the eccentric adjuster having an eccentric adjuster radial position and an eccentric adjuster axial position. The eccentric adjuster retainer includes a retainer body having an inner perimeter with a cavity disposed therein and an outer perimeter, the eccentric adjuster extending through the cavity and at least a portion of the outer perimeter engaging the housing to retain the eccentric adjuster radial position relative to the housing.

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W. Saginaw, MI, United States of America

Patrick D McCall