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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2019
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Friedrich Peter Wolf-Monheim, Aachen, DE;
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A motor vehicle suspension having a leaf spring, a control, and a connector formed of a monolithic piece of elastomer. The connector has a blind-hole cavity receiving an end of the leaf spring and a through-hole cavity through which the control arm extends. The connector is bonded to the leaf spring and to the control arm by vulcanization. The control arm has at least one hole formed through a flat connection portion thereof, and the connector extends through the at least one hole. At least one stiffener plate is embedded in the connector and is arranged substantially parallel to the flat connection portion of the control arm received by the through-hole cavity.