Patent ID: 6074125
Filing Date: 2000-06-13
Classification: B60G,B62D,F16B,F16C,Y10T

Abstract:
In a suspension system for a motor vehicle including a steering knuckle, a tie rod assembly attached to the steering knuckle, the tie rod assembling including an inner tie rod member including a first longitudinally extending slot, an outer tie rod member, an intermediate member having a second longitudinally extending slot, the intermediate member telescopically interconnected to the inner tie rod member and telescopically interconnected to the outer tie rod member, and a generally C-shaped clamp having first and second ends spaced apart so as to define a gap, the improvement comprising the clamp being fixedly attached to the inner member such that the gap aligns with the first and second longitudinally extending slots, the C-shaped clamp circumferentially surrounding each of the inner tie rod member, the outer tie rod member and the intermediate member.