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Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 1996

Filed:

Jul. 25, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:

Mark Zmyslowski, Grosse Pointe Shores, MI (US);

Erik W Larson, Birmingham, MI (US);

Assignee:

Radar Industries, Inc., Roseville, MI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21L / ; B60K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
59 15 ; 59 351 ; 59 91 ; 403 79 ; 180 684 ;
Abstract

A link is formed by forming a bubble between the longitudinal side edges of the link extending from the forward end of the link to a location spaced from the rearward end of the link so as to form laterally spaced upwardly extending side walls proximate the forward end of the piece spaced inboard from the respective longitudinal side edges of the link, forming the rearward end of the link into a curl to form a first bearing surface defining the rearward pivot axis, bending the longitudinal side edges of the piece upwardly to form an edge flange positioned proximate the forward end of the link outboard of each side wall, removing the bubble proximate the forward end of the link while leaving the side walls intact so as to form the clevis configuration at the forward end of the link, and forming aligned holes in each edge flange and its associated side wall to form a second bearing surface defining the forward pivot axis.


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