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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 11, 1998
Michael B Merkler, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Mark N Sanders, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Vish N Gurudutt, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
David C Merriman, St. Joe, IN (US);
Navistar International Transportation Corp, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
The closed joint leaf spring mounting assembly for a mobile vehicle with a body and at least two axles may have a suspension bracket configured to be permanently fixed upon an axle housing for enclosing one of the axles and to include a plurality of vertical throughbores therein, a leaf spring having conformed surface to be congruous with areas of the suspension bracket including the throughbores, and including vertical throughbores therein which align with and form a continuation of the throughbores in the bracket, and a plurality of connectors, such as cap screws, for engagement within the aligned throughbores of the spring end and bracket for securing the structures together.