A vehicle suspension bushing assembly including an inner sleeve, a bearing, an intermediate sleeve, an outer sleeve, and a bushing. The inner sleeve extends longitudinally between first and second inner sleeve ends. The bearing extends annularly about the inner sleeve, the intermediate sleeve extends annularly about the bearing, and the outer sleeve extends annularly about the intermediate sleeve. The bushing is positioned radially between the outer sleeve and the intermediate sleeve. Axial retainers extend annularly about the first and second inner sleeve ends. The axial retainers are longitudinally moveable relative to the inner sleeve. The axial retainers have a preload feature including a flange segment that is resilient and deflects from an unbiased position when the axial retainers are in an uncompressed position to a biased position when the axial retainers are in a compressed position to apply a longitudinal preload force to the intermediate sleeve.

A suspension structure for vehicle (a suspension arm for vehicle) is formed of a first plate and a second plate, and includes a mounting part for mounting a component (a collar or a bush). The first plate is partially open toward a first flat plate part so that a first mounting surface can be formed by stamping in a state of a single unit where a first flat plate part is bent. The second plate is also partially open toward a second flat plate part. The mounting part is configured by facing the first flat plate part of the first plate and the second flat plate part of the second plate each other at a distance, and disposing the first mounting surface and a second mounting surface at a distance.

A mounting eye (21) is fastened to a rod by pushing, partially or over an entire periphery, an outer periphery of a joint portion of a mounting eye into an annular groove of the rod. Accordingly, an axial length of a fastening portion can be set shorter than that of a related-art structure (screw fastening), thereby being capable of securing a stroke of the rod of a shock absorber in which the mounting eye is fastened to the rod.

The ball joint assembly includes a housing with an inner wall that surrounds an axially extending open bore. A ball portion of a ball stud is received in the open bore of the housing, and a shank portion of the ball stud projects out of the open bore. A pair of bearings are disposed in the inner bore of the housing and are interposed between the ball portion and the inner wall. Each bearing has a curved bearing surface which slidably contacts the ball portion for allowing the ball stud and the housing articulate relative before use. Each bearing also has an outer surface that slidably contacts the inner wall. A pair of biasing elements bias the bearings in opposite directions against the ball portion of the ball stud such that the ball stud is movable relative to the housing in the axial direction before use of the assembly.

A connecting tube for connecting two joint attachments of a steering or track rod. The connecting tube is reinforced by at least one tube section connected by friction force to the connecting tube such that either the entire outer or inside wall the tube section is in contact against a wall of the connecting tube, thereby forming a press fit connection. The steering or the track rod has a connecting tube with end sections that each hold or support components of joint attachments. A method for producing a connecting tube or the steering or the track rod in which first a tube semifabricate of the tube section is positioned within a tube semifabricate of the connecting tube and then the two tube sernifabricates are expanded within a connection zone by a mandrel with an oversized section that is moved along the common axial direction of the two tube semifabricates.

A vehicle leaf spring shackle includes pair of longitudinal plate members opposed to each other, pair of devices for connecting the pair of longitudinal plate members to each other at their opposite end portions with respective predetermined spacing distances, and between pair of longitudinal plate members, one pair of devices is coupled to a member of a vehicle body while other pair of devices is coupled to one end portion of a leaf spring device provided to suspend the vehicle body. At least one end portion of the pair of longitudinal plate members on the leaf spring device side including a thick-walled portion formed with thickness larger than other portions of the pair of longitudinal plate members, the thick-walled portion is formed by press-forming operation to press at least one end portions of the longitudinal plate members on the leaf spring device side, in direction of the end portion plane.

A ball stud (21) for a ball joint (20) having an annular body (22) pressed onto the ball stud (21). The annular body (22) is held fast to the ball stud (21) by at least one circumferential securing element to prevent loosening, that acts between the ball stud (21) and the annular body (22) and is in the form of a deformation edge (23). The at least one deformation edge (23) is formed integrally with the ball stud (14). A ball joint (20) that has a housing (36) in which a ball stud (21) is held.

The disclosure relates to a control arm for a wheel suspension system in a vehicle, including a sleeve-shaped aperture for the receiving of a bearing is formed in an integral control arm body, wherein the integral control arm body comprises a first side wall and a second side wall that is facing the first side wall. The sleeve-shaped aperture penetrates the first side wall and the second side wall. The sleeve-shaped aperture is formed sleeve-shaped with a first circumferential sleeve rim and a second circumferential sleeve rim. The first sleeve rim is formed by an outwardly shaped section of the first side wall that defines the sleeve-shaped aperture.

A ball joint for a rear toe link includes a ball joint housing including a cylindrical wall, a first surface extending between the cylindrical wall at a first end thereof, and a bore in the first surface. A stud includes a head, a shoulder extending from the head, and a shaft extending from the shoulder. The shoulder is inserted into the bore in the first surface of the ball joint housing and the head is arranged adjacent to an inner side of the first surface. A ball/rod portion includes a ball and a rod extending from the ball.

A vibration damper for a motor vehicle may comprise a damper outer tube, a damper inner tube having a lateral surface of the damper inner tube and arranged coaxially in the damper outer tube, a separating plate arranged coaxially in a region of the lateral surface of the damper inner tube, and a sealing element arranged coaxially circumferentially on the damper inner tube on the separating plate. In a region of the separating plate arranged coaxially on the lateral surface of the damper inner tube, a groove for the separating plate may be formed on the lateral surface of the damper inner tube. The separating plate may be arranged in the groove, and the connection between the groove and the separating plate may be press fit, at least in the radial direction.