Patent ID: 7722064

Claim:
A vehicle suspension sub-assembly, comprising: a first suspension component extending in a first direction and having a first end and an open end, said open end defined by open end inner walls extending in a second direction generally normal to said first direction, said open end inner walls being tapered and arranged to have a generally square-like geometry; a second suspension component connected to said first suspension component and extending in said second direction, said second component having a first end and a second end, said first end of said second suspension component defined by outer walls extending in said second direction, said outer walls arranged to have a generally square-like geometry, said outer walls being tapered and adapted to mate with said open end inner walls of said first suspension component; said first and second suspension components being connected in a manner such that said tapered open end inner walls of said first suspension component are in frictional contact with said tapered outer walls of said second suspension component.