Idler arm assembly adjustment

US8262110B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC · US

Inventors

• Miroslaw Zaloga · Shelby Charter Township, US
• George E. Doerr · Scio Township, US
• Christopher J. Mielke · Shelby Charter Township, US
• William R. Venner, III · Farmington Hills, US
• Marco E. Rodriguez · Macomb Township, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 13, 2010
• Grant date: Sep 11, 2012
• Expiry date: Apr 14, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T403/32852
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An idler arm assembly employed in a steering assembly of a vehicle having a body. The idler arm assembly comprises: an idler housing mounted to the body and including a bore; a pivot shaft mounted in the bore and being rotatable and telescopically slidable in the bore, with the pivot shaft having a cavity at a first end; an idler arm having a first end supported by the second end of the pivot shaft and a second end that supports the steering assembly; a ball stud having a ball end secured in the cavity and supporting the pivot shaft in the telescopically slidable direction, and a shank having threads; and a threaded cap secured to the idler housing and engaged with the threads on the shank, whereby rotation of the threads relative to the threaded cap will telescopically slide the pivot shaft relative to the idler housing.