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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:
May. 24, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2004
Applicant:
Thomas Hughes, Cheshire, GB;
Inventor:
Thomas Hughes, Cheshire, GB;
Assignee:
Meritor Heavy Vehicle Systems Limited, Clwyd, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60G 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A composite suspension trailing arm for heavy commercial vehicles includes an axle locating portion integral with the trailing arm, a chassis mounting feature to mount the trailing arm to a chassis component of a vehicle and a spring mounting feature integral with the trailing arm. The axle locating portion is located between the chassis mounting feature and the spring mounting feature. The composite material is made of a matrix material and a reinforcement material.