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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2005
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2000
Gerald D. Anderson, Oxford, MI (US);
Michael W. Mattice, Cambridge, CA;
John M. Khoury, Warren, MI (US);
Thomas M. Drouillard, Wallaceburg, CA;
Kermit G. Rowe, Iii, Pembroke, KY (US);
David I. Fretwell, Rotherham, GB;
Alistair B. Lovett, Sheffield, GB;
Gerald D. Anderson, Oxford, MI (US);
Michael W. Mattice, Cambridge, CA;
John M. Khoury, Warren, MI (US);
Thomas M. Drouillard, Wallaceburg, CA;
Kermit G. Rowe, III, Pembroke, KY (US);
David I. Fretwell, Rotherham, GB;
Alistair B. Lovett, Sheffield, GB;
Meritor Suspension Systems Company, Ontario, CA;
Abstract
A method for enhancing the physical characteristics of a localized area of a suspension component by adding material to the points of high stress without a significant increase in weight or diameter of the suspension component. The material is in the form of a sleeve added to the exterior surface of the suspension component, a core added to the interior surface of a tubular suspension component, winding filaments, or powered material.