Control arm for use in vehicle suspension system

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B60G 7/00 (2006.01) B60G 3/28 (2006.01) F16C 7/00 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2391294

A control arm used as a suspension link within a vehicle suspension system has two similar members. Each member has a substantially W shaped cross section and circular endplates. The endplates are coupled together with bushings that include a compressible member. During normal loading, this bushing arrangement keeps the two members spaced apart. This allows each member to bend and flex when subjected to longitudinal forces. As transverse loading occurs, the two members are caused to move together, and eventually abut one another. This abutment greatly increases the overall strength of the control arm, allowing it to withstand severe transverse forces without buckling.

L'invention concerne un bras de commande à deux éléments jumelés, qu'on utilise comme bielle de suspension dans un système de suspension de véhicule. Chaque élément présente une section transversale sensiblement en W et des plaques d'extrémité circulaires. Les plaques d'extrémité sont jumelées par des douilles comportant un élément compressible. Lors d'une charge normale, l'arrangement de douilles maintient les deux éléments séparés, ce qui permet à chaque élément de se courber ou de fléchir lorsqu'il est soumis à des forces longitudinales. L'application d'une charge transversale provoque un mouvement simultané des deux éléments qui les amène à se juxtaposer. Cette juxtaposition augmente considérablement la force globale du bras de commande et lui permet de résister à des forces transversales intenses sans gondolement.

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