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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2002
Haimian Cai, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Steve Xi Lin, Northville, MI (US);
Lakshmana Gummadi, Canton, MI (US);
Haimian Cai, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Steve Xi Lin, Northville, MI (US);
Lakshmana Gummadi, Canton, MI (US);
Visteon Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A stabilizer bar assembly includes a stabilizer bar having a bushing, a bushing retainer in mechanical compressive engagement with the bushing, and a mounting bracket adapted to connect the stabilizer bar to an automotive vehicle. The bushing retainer can have a uniform outer diameter such that the bushing is compressed uniformly over the entire length of the bushing retainer, or, alternatively, the bushing retainer can have a stepped outer diameter such that the bushing is compressed differently within discrete sections along the length of the bushing retainer. A method of inducing a pre-load onto a bushing that supports a stabilizer bar includes: providing a stabilizer bar, placing a bushing onto the stabilizer bar, placing a bushing retainer, having an first outer diameter onto the bushing, and reducing the outer diameter of the bushing retainer to a second diameter that is smaller than the first diameter.
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