摘要 |
A stabilizer bar assembly is disclosed and comprises a bar and a bushing. The bushing is adhesively secured to the bar, includes a body and two reinforcing members and has two wedge-shaped depressions formed therein, each defining a volume. The body is an elastomeric monolith surrounding the bar and the reinforcing members. The reinforcing members have parts protruding from the body and, in the absence of external forces, are held in an operative configuration fixedly positioned relative to the bar by the body. The depressions are shaped and dimensioned such that, if the monolith were absent, each volume was occupied in form-fitting relation by a respective rigid wedge element held against movement relative to the bar, and the protruding portions of the reinforcing members were gripped about their exteriors, the reinforcing members would be securely held in said operative configuration. Methods and apparatus for forming the assembly are also disclosed.
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