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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2016
Steering Solutions Ip Holding Corporation, Saginaw, MI (US);
Brian J. Kleinfeld, Saginaw, MI (US);
Jeffrey P. Courville, Frankenmuth, MI (US);
Jon N. Miller, Merrill, MI (US);
Steering Solutions IP Holding Corporation, Saginaw, MI (US);
Abstract
A bushing assembly for a variable stiffness joint assembly includes a bushing body. The bushing body is disposed about a shaft assembly. The bushing body has an inner bushing surface, an outer bushing surface that is spaced apart from the inner bushing surface, a first bushing face that extends between a first end of the inner bushing surface and a first end of the outer bushing surface, and a second bushing face that extends between a second end of the inner bushing surface and a second end the outer bushing surface.