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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:
Aug. 22, 2006
Filed:
May. 14, 2003
Applicants:
Tomaz Dopico Varela, Gahanna, OH (US);
Duy T. Lam, Baltimore, OH (US);
Inventors:
Tomaz Dopico Varela, Gahanna, OH (US);
Duy T. Lam, Baltimore, OH (US);
Assignee:
ArvinMeritor Technology LLC, Troy, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 7/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A steering knuckle assembly provides a tapered roller bearing on the bottom and a needle bearing on the top of a king pin. A spring cap preloads the tapered roller bearing. The king pin includes a step on the upper portion to transfer the spring cap preload force to the top of an axle beam.