Patent ID: 8109528
Filing Date: 2012-02-07
Classification: B60G,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A service load bearing assembly, comprising: a load distribution assembly comprising an offset bushing having a bushing contact area that (i) serves as a bushing for a service load between a pivot axis component and a suspension component, (ii) mates with a suspension component contact area, and (iii) functions to spread-out the service load from the bushing, through the bushing contact area, and onto the suspension component contact area; wherein, the pivot axis component has a yield strength that is at least 2 times higher than a yield strength of the suspension material; the suspension component comprises a suspension material, the suspension component having a geometry for insertion of at least a first portion of the pivot axis component; and the bushing is offset from the suspension component contact area through the load distribution assembly such that a stress induced by the service load is spread out to an amount that is at or below the yield strength of the suspension component.