Method of making rubber bushings

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF FORMING A RESILIENT BUSHING ASSEMBLED FROM AN INNER MEMBER WITH AN OUTER CYLINDRICAL SURFACE OF FIXED DIAMETER, AN OUTER MEMBER WITH AN INNER CYLINDRICAL SURFACE OF FIXED DIAMETER AND OF LESS AXIAL LENGTH THAN THE INNER MEMBER OUTER SURFACE AND TERMINATING AT ONE END IN A RADIALLY OUTWARDLY EXTENDING FLANGEAND AN ANNULAR RUBBER-LIKE BUSHI-NG HAVING A GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL BODY AND A RADIALLY OUTWARDLY FLANGED END, THE RUBBER-LIKE BUSHING BODY HAVING A MAJOR PORTION WITH A SMALLER INNER RADIAL DIMENSION THAN THE FIXED DIAMETER OF THE INNER MEMBER OUTER SURFACE AND WITH A LARGER OUTER RADIAL DIMENSION THAN THE FIXED DIAMETER OF THE OUTER MEMBER INNER SURFACE, AND SAID BODY HAVING A SMALLER AXIAL LENGTH THAN THE AXIAL LENGTH OF THE OUTER MEMBER INNER SURFACE; INCLUDING THE STEPS OF ASSEMBLING THE INNER MEMBER TELESCOPED WITHIN THE OUTER MEMBER WITH THE BUSHING EXTENDING AXIALLY THEREBETWEEN EXPANDED RADIALLY OUTWARDLY BY THE FIXED INNER MEMBER OUTER SURFACE AND COMPRESSED RADIALLY INWARDLY BY THE FIXED OUTER MEMBER INNER SURFACE AND AXIALLY ELONGATED SO AS TO BE UNDER SUBSTANTIAL STRESSES INCLUDING TENSILE STRESSES, DURING SAID ASSEMBLING POSITIONING THE BUSHING FLANGED END AXIALLY COMPRESSIVELY ABUTTING THE OUTER MEMBER FLANGE RADIALLY OUTWARD OF THE INNER MEMBER OUTER SURFACE, DURING SAID ASSEMBLING POSITIONING A PART OF THE BUSHING BODY THROUGH SAID AXIAL ELONGATION OF SAID BUSHING AXIALLY OVERHANGING THE OUTER MEMBER END OPPOSITE FROM SAID FINAGED END AND RADIALLY OUTWARD OF THE INNER MEMBER OUTER SURFACE, AND AFTER SAID ASSEMBLING REMOVING A PORTION OF SAID BUSHING BODY OVERHANGING PART TO FORM AN INWARD ANGLED SURFACE ON SAID BUSHING BODY EXTENDING FROM THE OUTER MEMBER END ANGLING INWARDLY TOWARD THE INNER MEMBER OUTER SURFACE, TO THEREBY RELIEVE CERTAIN OF THE BUSHING STRESSES.

Claim 2

THE METHOD OF FORMING A RESILIENT BUSHING ASSEMBLED FROM AN INNER MEMBER WITH AN OUTER CYLINDRICAL SURFACE OF FIXED DIAMETER, AN OUTER MEMBER WITH AN INNER CYLINDRICAL SURFACE OF FIXED DIAMETER AND OF LESS AXIAL LENGTH THAN THE INNER MEMBER OUTER SURFACE AND TERMINATING AT ONE END IN A RADIALLY OUTWARDLY EXTENDING FLANGEAND AN ANNULAR RUBBER-LIKE BUSHI-NG HAVING A GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL BODY AND A RADIALLY OUTWARDLY FLANGED END, THE RUBBER-LIKE BUSHING BODY HAVING A MAJOR PORTION WITH A SMALLER INNER RADIAL DIMENSION THAN THE FIXED DIAMETER OF THE INNER MEMBER OUTER SURFACE AND WITH A LARGER OUTER RADIAL DIMENSION THAN THE FIXED DIAMETER OF THE OUTER MEMBER INNER SURFACE, AND SAID BODY HAVING A SMALLER AXIAL LENGTH THAN THE AXIAL LENGTH OF THE OUTER MEMBER INNER SURFACE; INCLUDING THE STEPS OF ASSEMBLING THE INNER MEMBER TELESCOPED WITHIN THE OUTER MEMBER WITH THE BUSHING EXTENDING AXIALLY THEREBETWEEN EXPANDED RADIALLY OUTWARDLY BY THE FIXED INNER MEMBER OUTER SURFACE AND COMPRESSED RADIALLY INWARDLY BY THE FIXED OUTER MEMBER INNER SURFACE AND AXIALLY ELONGATED SO AS TO BE UNDER SUBSTANTIAL STRESSES INCLUDING TENSILE STRESSES, DURING SAID ASSEMBLING POSITIONING THE BUSHING FLANGED END AXIALLY COMPRESSIVELY ABUTTING THE OUTER MEMBER FLANGE RADIALLY OUTWARD OF THE INNER MEMBER OUTER SURFACE, DURING SAID ASSEMBLING POSITIONING A PART OF THE BUSHING BODY THROUGH SAID AXIAL ELONGATION OF SAID BUSHING AXIALLY OVERHANGING THE OUTER MEMBER END OPPOSITE FROM SAID FINAGED END AND RADIALLY OUTWARD OF THE INNER MEMBER OUTER SURFACE, AND AFTER SAID ASSEMBLING REMOVING A PORTION OF SAID BUSHING BODY OVERHANGING PART TO FORM AN INWARD ANGLED SURFACE ON SAID BUSHING BODY EXTENDING FROM THE OUTER MEMBER END ANGLING INWARDLY TOWARD THE INNER MEMBER OUTER SURFACE, TO THEREBY RELIEVE CERTAIN OF THE BUSHING STRESSES.