US 12,085,204 B2
Mounting bracket assemblies as well as suspension assemblies, kits and methods including same
Scott A. Smith, Brownsburg, IN (US)
Assigned to Firestone Industrial Products Company, LLC, Nashville, TN (US)
Filed by Firestone Industrial Products Company, LLC, Nashville, TN (US)
Filed on Dec. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/080,685.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/289,474, filed on Dec. 14, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0184352 A1, Jun. 15, 2023
Int. Cl. F16L 3/10 (2006.01); B60G 11/113 (2006.01); B60G 11/28 (2006.01); B60R 16/08 (2006.01)
CPC F16L 3/1066 (2013.01) [B60G 11/113 (2013.01); B60G 11/28 (2013.01); B60R 16/08 (2013.01); B60G 2204/4306 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mounting bracket assembly dimensioned to secure an associated suspension component on an associated vehicle structure, said mounting bracket assembly comprising:
a first bracket member including a first member wall with a first mounting surface portion dimensioned to operatively engage the associated suspension component and a second mounting surface portion facing opposite said first mounting surface portion, said second mounting surface portion at least partially defining a receiving zone dimensioned to at least partially receive the associated vehicle structure, said receiving zone having a zone periphery and including a first central plane oriented in approximate alignment with said first mounting surface portion and a second central plane oriented transverse to said first central plane with said second mounting surface portion disposed substantially entirely along a first side of said first central plane;
a second bracket member including a second member wall with a first contact surface portion and a second contact surface portion disposed in spaced relation to said first contact surface portion, said second bracket member disposed along a second side of said first central plane and along a first side of said second central plane with said first and second contact surface portions oriented in tangential relation to said zone periphery; and,
a third bracket member including a third member wall with a third contact surface portion and a fourth contact surface portion disposed in spaced relation to said third contact surface portion, said third bracket member disposed along said second side of said first central plane and along a second side of said second central plane with said third and fourth contact surface portions oriented in tangential relation to said zone periphery.