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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2015
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);
Primary Examiner:
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.