SUSPENSION ARM FOR MOTOR VEHICLE

• Main Authors: TEIJEIRO CASTRO, RAFAEL, MERINO SENOVILLA, JUAN CARLOS, GRUBE, VOLKER, IZQUIERDO NUNEZ, JOSE, RAMON, CANIBANO ALVAREZ, ESTEBAN, ERSOY, METIN, NACHBAR, FRANK
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 19.04.2006
• Subjects: CYCLE AXLE SUSPENSIONS; CYCLE FRAMES; CYCLE SIDE-CARS, FORECARS, OR THE LIKE; CYCLE STEERING DEVICES; CYCLES; LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; RIDER-OPERATED TERMINAL CONTROLS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORCYCLES; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLE SUSPENSION ARRANGEMENTS; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

It incorporates a body (1) formed in sheet metal by stamping with reduced thickness and maximum inertia, and consists of a modular element ready for mounting which incorporates: a ball joint (2) located inside an external front housing (5) in which it is coupled by means of a lower socket (6) and a cover (7) which fit together and are welded by laser, a front silent-block (3) which reveals a cylindrical body from the surface of which some pairs of securing flaps (11) project radially which are inserted in a slot (8) defined in a concavely curved front housing (9), folded and welded by laser welding, and a rear silent-block (4) which is incorporated in a rear housing (12) by means of some press-fit bushings (15).