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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2006
Applicants:
Gregory P. Kiselis, Oak Ridge, NC (US);
Dalip K. Matharoo, Orion, MI (US);
Timothy W. Skszek, Saline, MI (US);
Inventors:
Gregory P. Kiselis, Oak Ridge, NC (US);
Dalip K. Matharoo, Orion, MI (US);
Timothy W. Skszek, Saline, MI (US);
Assignee:
Magna International Inc., Aurora, Ontario, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60G 7/00 (2006.01); B60G 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An assembly including a control arm and a steering knuckle, one of the control arm and the steering knuckle having a first end with a ball, the other of the control arm and the steering knuckle having a socket that includes a bearing structure formed so as to surround a portion of the ball to securely fasten the ball to the socket. The control arm has a bayonette configuration to receive a first node and a second node is cast directly onto the control arm.