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Patent No.:

US 9889715 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2018

Filed:

Nov. 04, 2015

Suspension member for a motor vehicle and method of forming the same

Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Christoph Meier, Köln, DE;

Peter Kurbel, Overath, DE;

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:

Burgess Law Office, PLLC

Raymond L. Coppiellie

Primary Examiner:

Darlene P Condra

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60G 7/00 (2006.01); B21D 53/88 (2006.01); B21D 35/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60G 7/005 (2013.01); B21D 53/88 (2013.01); B60G 7/001 (2013.01); B21D 35/001 (2013.01); B60G 2200/142 (2013.01); B60G 2204/416 (2013.01); B60G 2206/10 (2013.01); B60G 2206/122 (2013.01); B60G 2206/81 (2013.01); B60G 2206/811 (2013.01); B60G 2206/8102 (2013.01); B60G 2206/83 (2013.01);
Abstract

A suspension member for a motor vehicle including a control arm or transverse link having a ball joint seat for receiving a press-fit ball joint. The ball joint seat including a reinforcement section formed from the material of the suspension member in a region thereof provided for friction or press-fit contact with the ball joint. A method for producing the control arm or transverse link includes increasing the material thickness of the reinforcement section by deformation.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Meier, Christoph. (2018). Suspension member for a motor vehicle and method of forming the same (U.S. Patent No. 9889715). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9889715

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