Patent ID: 7293787

Claim:
Suspension arm for a motor vehicle, comprising a sheet metal stamped body; a ball joint coupled inside an external front housing of said body between a lower socket and a cover, wherein said lower socket is inserted in said external front housing and rests through a peripheral projection on a peripheral rim of said external front housing, and wherein said cover fits on said lower socket and is joined to an upper face of said body by laser weld beads; a front silent-block comprising a cylindrical body and a plurality of securing flaps projecting radially from said cylindrical body, wherein said securing flaps are inserted in a slot defined in a front concavely curved housing of said body and are folded in alternating opposite directions, and wherein said front silent-block is joined to said body by laser weld beads; and a rear silent-block incorporated in a rear housing of said body by a plurality of press-fit bushings, wherein said body is joined to a strut holder of a wheel of the motor vehicle by means of said ball joint and to a chassis of the motor vehicle by means of said front and rear silent-blocks.