Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Takahiro Echigo

Hiroyuki Yoshida

Jinghong Yu

Andrew John Fox

Shinya Suzuki

Tomomasa Machida

A ball joint assembly for use in a vehicle suspension system includes a housing including a first end surface and an opposing second end surface. The housing at least one of includes an outer tie rod of a steering assembly and is configured to be coupled to the outer tie rod of the steering assembly. The housing defines a cavity and also includes an opening defined in the second end surface. The ball joint assembly also includes a ball stud coupled to the housing such that a first portion of the ball stud is positioned in the cavity and a second portion of the ball stud extends through the opening. A wire harness is coupled to the first end surface of the housing and extends away from the housing in a direction opposite the second end surface.

Vehicle suspension system including a ball joint assembly

Front vehicle body structure () includes a front sub frame () disposed under and fixedly connected to left and right side frames (), and a steering gear box () is mounted on the front sub frame to extend transversely along the width of the vehicle body. The body structure also has support portions () provided in left-right symmetrical arrangement on the front sub frame, and the steering gear box is mounted on the support portions via respective bushes.

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Tochigi, Japan

Takahiro Echigo