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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:
Mar. 11, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joe Fader, Brighton, MI (US);
Steve Yollick, Troy, MI (US);
Mark Clements, Columbiaville, MI (US);
Chris Keeney, Troy, MI (US);
Jim Hawkins, Madison, AL (US);
Assignee:
Meritor Light Vehicle Systems LLC, Troy, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60G 2/1055 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60G 2/1055 ;
Abstract
A suspension system includes a damper assembly to provide an anti-roll capability to a vehicle torsion bar suspension system. The damper assembly is attached to each torsion bar. To selectively couple and decouple the rotational motion of the torsion bars. In one embodiment the damper assembly selectively links rotational motion of the torsion bar anchor arms to transfer an anti-roll force from one suspension link to the opposite suspension link.