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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Marwan El-Bkaily, Canton, MI (US);
Michael Chang, Novi, MI (US);
Tushar Kamble, Farmington, MI (US);
Peter J. Jargowsky, Canton, MI (US);
David Lee, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60G 7/02 (2006.01); B60G 7/00 (2006.01); B60G 3/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60G 7/001 (2013.01); B60G 7/02 (2013.01); B60G 3/18 (2013.01); B60G 2200/156 (2013.01); B60G 2204/4302 (2013.01); B60G 2206/012 (2013.01); B60G 2206/017 (2013.01); B60G 2206/12 (2013.01); B60G 2206/124 (2013.01); B60G 2206/8201 (2013.01); Y10T 403/452 (2015.01);
Abstract
A lower control arm includes a body including a body portion and an arm elongated from the body portion, and a sleeve having a tubular shape. The arm includes an end spaced from the body portion, a top surface, and a bottom surface opposite the top surface. The sleeve is fixed to the end. The sleeve includes a slit extending lengthwise that is disposed closer to one of the top surface and the bottom surface than to a middle of the end.