Rb Distribution, Inc.

Thomas Allan Reiff

David Peter Cimbolo

John Thomas Malone, Iii

Jonathan Petrina

Arthur Krystian Mazur

Joseph W Lonergan, Iii

Devin Michael Swift

David J Grasso

Locking cam for vehicle alignment

A locking cam for securing suspension components in a vehicle. The locking cam has at least one surface that is textured to create a surface for engagement against and with a frame member upon tightening of the suspension components. The textured surface can have ridges or projects for engagement with the frame member.

Alignment locking cam

A ball joint assembly for control arm. The ball joint assembly has an upper portion with a ball socket and stud centered about a first centerline. A radial extension that is connected to the upper portion supports a mounting body with a second centerline and an outer diameter that fits within an aperture in the control arm. A threaded shaft depends from the mounting body and receives a nut to tighten against the control arm until the first centerline of the ball joint assembly is fixed in a desired position.

Control arm and adjustable ball joint

The disclosure concerns a control arm and a ball joint assembly that are adjustable relative to each other via a fastener or threaded element passing through an over-dimensioned aperture in the arm body and connecting the ball joint assembly in a desired position on the arm body. The control arm mounts to a vehicle in the usual manner and the position of the ball joint assembly is then adjustable as needed in order to set a desired camber.

Adjustable control arm and ball joint assembly

Self-locking retainer pin

A boot that protects a moveable joint and retains lubricant associated with the joint. The wall of the boot includes a venting aperture that is protected by a surrounding barrier structure.

Purging dust boot

The disclosed bushing assembly has a housing with a central bore for receiving a bushing sleeve that is dimensioned to fit a predetermined sway bar. The housing and sleeve have various combinations of mating projections and recesses that secure the sleeve in the housing. A bushing kit has a plurality of sleeves that are dimensioned to fit different predetermined sway bars and an appropriate sleeve can be selected at the time of installation. The housing and the sleeve are flexible.

Bushing and a kit for assembling a bushing

A resilient cotter pin that has longitudinal central portions that fit in the through hole of a related part. Shoulders connected to longitudinal portions abut the through hole and support curvilinear arms that terminate in an inwardly directed projections that engage a related castellated nut.

Butterfly cotter pin

Dust boot

A boot with a body cavity that protects a moveable joint and retains lubricant associated with the joint is disclosed. The wall of the boot body includes a venting aperture that is protected by a surrounding barrier structure.

Cotter pin

A dust boot for a suspension assembly, particularly a ball joint, includes a side wall with at least one relief opening and a cover that overlies the at least one relief opening.

Dust boot with grease relief

A ball joint has a bushing with a defined housing space sized to receive ball joint components. The ball joint further has a cage member having an exterior surface that fits within the housing recess and an interior surface with a pattern of raised and recessed portions, and a cup member over-molded on the cage member component. The cup member complements the interior surface pattern of the cage member and includes an interior surface having a circular configuration. The ball joint also has a stem having a ball portion dimensioned to fit within and complement the interior surface of the cup member.

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Lafayette Hill, PA, United States of America

Thomas Allan Reiff