Land vehicles – Wheeled – Running gear
Patent
1986-08-21
1989-06-20
Marmor, Charles A.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Running gear
384300, B60G 1158
Patent
active
048403954
ABSTRACT:
A rod for the suspension system of a motor vehicle such as a bus which maintains fixed points of the chassis and frame or body in a fixed point to point alignment in the vehicle suspension system comprising a rod having openings at each end for an interference fit attachment to predetermined points or dowels, in which the openings are defined by a freely rotating bushing that is surrounded by a concentric cast polyurethane interface that is bonded to an inner concentric circular opening surface at the end of the rod. The rod is a replacement for transit bus torque rods.
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Marmor Charles A.
Weaver Ross
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