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Motor vehicle rear axle and method

  • US 6,086,162 A
  • Filed: 12/14/1998
  • Issued: 07/11/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/14/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A motor vehicle rear axle comprising:

  • a pair of longitudinal control arms made of a first metal each having a first end and a second end and a socket between said first and said second ends facing the other of said pair of longitudinal control arms,a transverse torsion bar made of a second metal between said pair of longitudinal control arms having a pair of opposite terminal ends each formed to a shape matching the shape of said control arm sockets and interference fitted in respective ones of said control arm sockets to rigidly couple said transverse torsion bar and each of said pair of longitudinal control arms,an aperture in said socket in each of said pair of longitudinal control arms exposing the corresponding one of said pair of opposite terminal ends of said torsion bar therein, anda plug in each of said apertures in said sockets fusion bonded to the corresponding one of said opposite terminal ends of said torsion bar therein and defining a lug on the corresponding one of said opposite terminal ends of said torsion bar reinforcing the interference fit thereof in said socket and positively preventing dislodgment thereof from said socket.

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