Patent ID: 6402171
Filing Date: 2002-06-11
Classification: B60G,F16F

Abstract:
A combination in a vehicle suspension system of a stabilizer bar crank arm and a suspension arm and a link assembly connecting them, comprising;a) a shaft in said link assembly; b) a spacer in said link assembly and having an elongated, generally barrel-shaped body molded in one piece of an elastomeric material with opposite, dome-shaped outer ends; c) said shaft extending through a passage and having opposite ends which extend beyond said passage; d) a first grommet in said link assembly having a passage therethrough and a second grommet in said link assembly having a passage therethrough; e) each of said first and second grommets having a dome-shaped inner end; f) one of said opposite ends of said shaft extending through the passage in said first grommet and the other of said opposite ends of said shaft extending through the passage in said second grommet; g) said dome-shaped inner ends of said grommets facing corresponding dome-shaped outer ends of said spacer; h) said stablizer bar crank arm being held between and against the inner end of the first grommet and one outer end of said barrel shaped body and said suspension arm being held between and against the inner end of the second grommet and the other outer end of said barrel shaped body; and i) a member on each of said opposite ends of said shaft for retaining said arms and assembly together.