Patent ID: 6298962
Filing Date: 2001-10-09
Classification: B23K,B60G,B60R,B62D,B64D,F16C,F16F

Abstract:
A member for use with an arm, said member comprising:a rodlike body made of a metal;a joint formed in a part of said rodlike body;a deformable portion that permits the member to deform easily when an axial compressive load is applied;said joint being a bushing mount having a bushing-mounting hole in which a bushing is mounted with a press fit, and wherein said deformable portion is a space formed near said bushing-holding hole and located on the opposite side of a partition wall from said bushing-holding hole to permit the bushing held in said bushing-holding hole to move while plastically deforming said partition wall,said partition wall being thinner than portions of a wall, other than the partition wall, around said bushing-holding hole.