US 12,257,675 B2
Lower control arm decommissioning device
James P. Joseph, Grand Blanc, MI (US)
Assigned to JP Joseph LLC, Grand Blanc, MI (US)
Filed by JP Joseph LLC, Grand Blanc, MI (US)
Filed on Jun. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/843,305.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/212,367, filed on Jun. 18, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0402107 A1, Dec. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. B25B 11/00 (2006.01); B25B 27/00 (2006.01); B25B 27/06 (2006.01)
CPC B25B 27/064 (2013.01) [B25B 27/0035 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A lower control arm decommissioning device, comprising:
a tabletop;
a fixture operable to hold a lower control arm in a fixed position relative to the tabletop;
two opposing bushing removal tools configured for pushing simultaneously on two bushings of the lower control arm and displacing the two bushings from the lower control arm;
an air over hydraulics booster; and
two hydraulic actuators receiving pressurized hydraulic fluid from the air over hydraulics booster, each hydraulic actuator providing force to a respective one of the opposing bushing removal tools.