Patent ID: 7635139

Claim:
A lateral displacement preventing device for a stabilizer, the device comprising: a flat plate having a first end portion and a second end portion, and having an upper surface which contacts the stabilizer and a lower surface at a side that is opposite from the upper surface; and cut-out step portions formed by recessing of the each of an upper surface of the first end portion and a lower surface of the second end portion so as to be substantially flat along an outer periphery of the stabilizer, wherein the flat plate is wrapped, along a surface of the plate, around the outer periphery of the stabilizer at a predetermined position thereon and clamped, the cut-out step portions are overlapped, and both of the end portions are fixed at overlapping portions thereof, and wherein the fixed portion is a weld portion formed by welding, and the weld portion is formed at a substantially central position of overlapping portions of the cut-out step portion of the first end portion and the cut-out step portion of the second end portion, wherein the weld portion only extends through the cut-out step portion of the first end portion and into the cutout step portion of the second end portion.