Pivot bushing assembly application

Claim 2

In a pivot bushing installation for automotive suspension apparatus and the like, including support means defining a spaced pair of walls of a material deformable under predetermined stress, the walls being apertured on a common axis for reception of a fastener bolt, the combination comprising, an elastomeric pivot bushing assembly received between said walls and including an inner metallic sleeve having its longitudinal bore aligned on said axis and its end surfaces adapted each for engagement with a respective said wall, centrally apertured upsetting washer means of a material relatively substantially less deformable under said stress than said wall material and including protuberance means adjacent the central aperture juxtaposed at the exterior of the respective one of said walls to an end surface of said sleeve, and threaded bolt and nut fastener means in the aligned apertures and bore of said walls, said sleeve and said washer means whereby under thread tightening of the fastener means said washer means is operable to deform the portion of said one wall intervening said protuberance means and said end surfaces of said sleeve to enhance frictional engagement of said sleeve between said walls.

Claim 3

In a pivot bushing installation for automotive suspension apparatus and the like, including support means defining a spaced pair of walls of a material deformable under predetermined stress, the walls being apertured on a common axis for reception of a fastener bolt, the combination comprising, an elastomeric pivot bushing assembly received between said walls and including an inner metallic sleeve having its longitudinal bore aligned on said axis and its end surfaces adapted each for engagement with a respective said wall, an end surface of said sleeve featuring chamfer means merging with such longitudinal bore, centrally apertured upsetting washer means of a material relatively substantially less deformable under said stress than said wall material and including an annular protuberance means adjacent the central aperture juxtaposed to said sleeve chamfer means at the exterior of the respective one of said walls, and threaded bolt and nut fastener means in the aligned apertures and bore of said walls, said sleeve and said washer means whereby under thread tightening of the fastener means said washer means is operable to deform the portion of said one wall intervening said annular protuberance and said chamfer means to enhance frictional engagement of said sleeve between said walls.

Claim 4

In a pivot bushing installation for automotive suspension apparatus and the like, including support means defining a spaced pair of walls of a material deformable under predetermined stress, the walls being apertured on a common axis for reception of a fastener bolt, the combination comprising, an elastomeric pivot bushing assembly received between said walls and including an inner metallic sleeve having its longitudinal bore aligned on said axis and its end surfaces adapted each for engagement with a respective said wall, an end surface of said sleeve featuring chamfer means merging with such longitudinal bore, centrally apertured upsetting washer means of a material relatively substantially less deformable under said stress than said wall material and including an annular protuberance means adjacent the central aperture juxtaposed to said sleeve chamfer means at the exterior of the respective one of said walls, and threaded bolt and nut fastener means in the aligned apertures and bore of said walls, said sleeve and said washer means whereby under thread tightening of the fastener means said washer means is operable to deform the portion of said one wall intervening said annular protuberance and said chamfer means to enhance frictional engagement of said sleeve between said walls.