An air spring strut assembly includes a top cap with a metal flange overmolded within a plastic overmold housing. The metal flange carries structural loads through the top cap and the plastic overmold housing includes non-load bearing complex shapes ands surfaces. A shock absorber and bellows are attached to the top cap to complete the air spring strut assembly.

A top mount assembly includes an insulator comprising an upper plate, a lower plate, and a rubber bushing accommodated in an accommodation space defined between the upper plate and the lower plate; and a strut bearing comprising an upper housing, a lower housing, and a bearing interposed between the upper housing and the lower housing and configured to rotate the lower housing relative to the upper housing. The upper housing of the strut bearing may comprise an insulator mounting part formed on an upper portion of the upper housing and on which the insulator is mounted, the insulator mounting part may comprise a lower plate mounting part on which the lower plate of the insulator is mounted and an upper plate supporting part formed outside the lower plate mounting part, and the upper plate support part may be configured to support a lower surface of the upper plate.

There is provided a method of manufacturing a suspension arm for a vehicle. The method includes a preform forming operation of forming a preform as a preliminary molding object for forming the suspension arm for a vehicle; and a main-molding-object forming operation of hot-pressing the preform to form a main molding object for forming the suspension arm for a vehicle. The preform formed in the preform forming operation may be formed in a shape corresponding to a shape of the main molding object, and may be formed in a shape offset inward from an outer shape of the main molding object by a predetermined dimension.

An end member assembly is dimensioned for securement to an associated flexible spring member. End member assembly includes first, second and third end member sections. First end member section includes a first outer peripheral wall portion. Second end member section includes a second outer peripheral wall portion. Second end member section is positioned in abutting engagement with the first end member section such that a groove extends peripherally around first and second end member sections between first and second outer peripheral wall portions. Third end member section is injection molded in situ with first and second end member sections such that third end member section extends peripherally around first and second end member sections within groove. Gas spring assemblies and vehicle suspension systems are also included.

An air suspension system, comprising a manifold, defining a first and second port, each port defining a receiving region at the second end, wherein the first and second ports are arranged in a common plane, a channel intersecting the first and second port, a cavity intersecting each port, and a pressure sensor port, positioned between the first and second port, defining a sensor insertion axis normal to the common plane, the pressure sensor port separated from the first port, the second port, and the channel by a thickness; a first and second solenoid valve, each solenoid valve arranged within the cavity and coaxially arranged with the first and second ports, each solenoid valve comprising a connector; a pressure sensor arranged within the pressure sensor port, the pressure sensor comprising a connector; and an electronics module arranged parallel the common plane, the electronics module configured to electrically couple to the connectors.

A suspension strut including an air spring unit and a damper unit that are aligned on a common axis is disclosed. The air spring unit includes a rolling tube having a flared terminal end that extends over a damper tube associated with the damper unit. The damper tube has a circumferential groove formed in an outer diameter of the damper tube. A retaining ring has a greater outer diameter than the outer diameter of the damper tube and is positioned in the circumferential groove. A base has an inner diameter less than the outer diameter of the retaining ring, and an outer diameter smaller than the predetermined diameter of the flared free end, and is supported on the retaining ring. A torsion element fits around the damper tube and within the flared free end.

A vehicle component (1, 17, 31, 46, 55, 62) for a motor vehicle, with a structural component (7, 16, 30) and with a casing (2, 18, 32, 38, 56, 57, 79). The structural component (7, 16, 30) is at least partially or completely overmolded and/or embedded by casting in order to form the casing (2, 18, 32, 38, 56, 57, 79). To avoid any interruption of the casing (2, 18, 32, 38, 56, 57, 79) and/or interruption of corrosion protection in the area of the holding point (8), a holding point covering (12, 15, 39, 36, 45, 54, 61) is arranged at a holding point (8) for holding the structural component (7, 16, 30) in an injection-molding die and/or a casting mold.

A stabilizer for a chassis of a vehicle, having a curved stabilizer body (2) that forms a torsion spring, with a pendulum support (5, 6) and with a connecting section (7, 8, 46, 48), the connecting section (7, 8, 46, 48) is made of a metal and connects the stabilizer body (2) to the pendulum support (5, 6). The connecting section (7, 8, 46, 48) and the stabilizer body (2) are connected to one another by a snap-in and/or latch joint. To reduce assembly effort and expense and, at the same time, to join the stabilizer body (2) to the pendulum support (5, 6) in a secure manner, the stabilizer (1) and the pendulum support (5, 6) are characterized in that the connecting section has an opening (22) in which a plastic bearing shell (11) is arranged for fitting of a joint ball (23) of the pendulum support (5, 6).

There is provided a vehicular suspension arm used for a suspension device of a vehicle. The vehicular suspension arm according to an embodiment of the present invention may comprise: a body portion constituting a basic body of the vehicular suspension arm; and a mounting portion formed in one end of the body portion and configured to connect the vehicular suspension arm to a wheel or a vehicle body of the vehicle, wherein the body portion may have a closed-box-section structure in which a hollow inner space is defined, and the closed-box-section structure may be configured such that the body portion is formed to integrally extend around the hollow inner space.

A mounting apparatus for vehicle suspension ball joints that are firmly affixed for operation, are easily adjustable in a generally vertical direction for precise tuning of suspension geometry for dynamic performance in multiple axes using an array of cylindrical shims tuned to match fastener distance and height with a socket that has mounting bolts that engage a scalloped cap.