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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2010
Tomaz D. Varela, Shelby Township, MI (US);
Malcolm Green, Granville, OH (US);
Xinyu Wen, Shelby Township, MI (US);
Kou Yang, Goodrich, MI (US);
Tomaz D. Varela, Shelby Township, MI (US);
Malcolm Green, Granville, OH (US);
Xinyu Wen, Shelby Township, MI (US);
Kou Yang, Goodrich, MI (US);
ArvinMeritor Technology, LLC, Troy, MI (US);
Abstract
A knuckle includes a spindle to support a wheel and upper and lower bosses extending inwardly of the spindle. The lower boss includes a tie rod arm mount interface. A tie rod arm is received within the tie rod arm mount interface and a steer arm is positioned on an opposite side of the knuckle from the tie rod arm. The steer arm is fixed to the tie rod arm and includes an input mount interface to receive steering input to turn a wheel. The steer arm and tie rod arm are attached to each other with at least one fastener, or can be integrally formed together as a single-piece component.