Invention Grant
- Patent Title: ARB disconnect system with improved roll gradient and understeer characteristics
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Application No.: US18249183Application Date: 2020-10-20
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Publication No.: US12054029B2Publication Date: 2024-08-06
- Inventor: Erik Otten
- Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
- Current Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: BURR & FORMAN LLP
- Agent Lorne Forsythe
- International Application: PCT/US2020/056471 2020.10.20
- International Announcement: WO2022/086502A 2022.04.28
- Date entered country: 2023-04-14
- Main IPC: B60G21/055
- IPC: B60G21/055

Abstract:
A suspension assembly for a vehicle suspension system may include a lower control arm, an upper control arm, a damper, and a drop link. The lower control arm may be operably coupled to a chassis of a vehicle via a first bushing assembly and a second bushing assembly. The first and second bushing assemblies may each pivot about an axis substantially parallel to a longitudinal centerline of the vehicle. The upper control arm may be operably coupled to the chassis. The damper may be operably coupled to the lower control arm to dampen pivoting motion of the upper and lower control arms relative to the chassis. The drop link may operably couple the lower control arm and an anti-roll bar that includes a disconnect assembly to translate a roll motion into a force exerted on the lower control arm in a direction substantially parallel to the axis.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230382178A1 ARB DISCONNECT SYSTEM WITH IMPROVED ROLL GRADIENT AND UNDERSTEER CHARACTERISTICS Public/Granted day:2023-11-30
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