Tie rod arms and steering arms with integrated grease seal caps

Tie rod arms and steering arms with integrated grease seal caps

A tie rod arm (20) is provided for incorporation into a vehicle steering assembly. The tie rod arm (20) has a grease cap portion (44) with a steering knuckle connection formation (48) and a grease seal cap (50). The steering knuckle connection formation (48) is used to connect the tie rod arm (20) t...

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Hauptverfasser: Bloink, Michael P, Goding, Jonathan W, Elwood, Paul D, Dilworth, Damon E
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
MOTOR VEHICLES
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
TRAILERS
TRANSPORTING
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Zusammenfassung:A tie rod arm (20) is provided for incorporation into a vehicle steering assembly. The tie rod arm (20) has a grease cap portion (44) with a steering knuckle connection formation (48) and a grease seal cap (50). The steering knuckle connection formation (48) is used to connect the tie rod arm (20) to the body of a steering knuckle (16) of the vehicle steering assembly. The grease seal cap (50) receives the lower end of a kingpin (32) of the vehicle steering assembly. The grease cap portion (44) of the tie rod arm (20) is integrally formed with an arm portion (46), which includes a tie rod connection formation (52) to connect the tie rod arm (20) to a tie rod of the vehicle steering assembly. A steering arm may also or alternatively be connected to the body of the steering knuckle (16) and include an upper grease seal cap, which receives the upper end of the kingpin (32).