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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60G 7/00 (2006.01); B60G 11/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60G 7/001 (2013.01); B60G 7/005 (2013.01); B60G 11/24 (2013.01); B60G 2202/143 (2013.01); B60G 2204/125 (2013.01); B60G 2204/1431 (2013.01); B60G 2204/41 (2013.01); B60G 2204/4502 (2013.01); B60G 2206/012 (2013.01); B60G 2206/014 (2013.01); B60G 2206/122 (2013.01); B60G 2206/7101 (2013.01); B60G 2206/722 (2013.01);
Abstract
There is provided a control arm comprising a shell-like shell of a first material and a reinforcement of a plastic material, wherein the reinforcement has a flex-element which protrudes therefrom and which can be supported or guided by means of a vehicle structure in order in the event of jounce and/or rebound of the suspension to produce a resilient action equivalent to a conventional spring.