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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 10, 1996
Clinton Byron Stroh, Portage, MI (US);
Daniel Earl Banks, Climax, MI (US);
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
A front steer axle being for use in a motor vehicle to pivotally support a pair of transversely spaced steerable right and left wheel spindle assemblies. The front steer axle beam includes an elongated transverse beam member which is generally symmetrical about a center line. The elongated transverse beam member is formed by a transverse center section having a pair of spaced apart spring mounting pads, a pair of distal ends positioned above the transverse center section for pivotally cooperating with the wheel spindle assemblies, and a pair of S-shaped sections extending between opposed ends of the transverse center section and the spaced apart pair of distal ends. The pair of S-shaped sections have an I-shaped cross-section defined by a single pair of vertically spaced apart flanges and an interconnecting web. Each of the S-shaped sections include a pair of integral reinforcing ribs extending between the spaced apart flanges on opposite sides of the web to strengthen the S-shaped sections, and thereby resisting bending loads resulting from opposed forces exerted on each distal end and its adjacent spring mounting path.