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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2011
Shawn D. Noble, Naperville, IL (US);
Hormoz Kerendian, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Ashley T. Dudding, Yorkville, IL (US);
Louis F. Mattia, Fremont, IN (US);
Shawn D. Noble, Naperville, IL (US);
Hormoz Kerendian, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Ashley T. Dudding, Yorkville, IL (US);
Louis F. Mattia, Fremont, IN (US);
Hendrickson USA, L.L.C., Itasca, IL (US);
Abstract
A vehicle suspension including a frame attachment portion attached to spring module having an opening defined by two side walls, a top wall and a bottom wall, and a spring mount positioned within the opening with two shear springs on either side of the spring mount, wherein the spring mount includes an inboard part and an outboard part separate from the inboard part, and a through-hole positioned in at least one of the inboard or inboard parts to allow passage of a threaded connecting rod therethrough, wherein the connecting rod has been tightened to draw the inboard part of the first spring mount together with the outboard part of the first spring mount, and to compress the first shear spring between the first side wall of the spring mount and the first side wall of the opening, and also to compress the second shear spring between the second side wall of the spring mount and the second side wall of the opening of the spring module.