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Country	kind	publication No.	Filing Date	Type	Sub-Type
GB	D0	GB0313804	Jun 14, 2003	Patent	Application
Type : Patent Sub-Type : Application
Patent application filed (unpublished application)		A suspension trailing arm		Jan 01, 1970
CN	B	CN1572547	Jun 14, 2004	Patent	Grant
Type : Patent Sub-Type : Grant
GRANTED PATENT FOR INVENTION		Suspension trailing arm, suspension assembly, heavy commercial vehicle trailer and traction arm manufacture method		Oct 06, 2010
EP	A2	EP1486359	Jun 14, 2004	Patent	Application
Type : Patent Sub-Type : Application
APPLICATION PUBLISHED WITHOUT SEARCH REPORT		A suspension trailing arm		Dec 15, 2004

• 15 United States
• 10 France
• 8 Japan
• 7 China
• 5 Korea
• 2 Other

Patent Owner(s)

Patent Owner	Address
MERITOR HEAVY VEHICLE SYSTEMS LIMITED	WREXHAM CLWYD LL12 0PB

International Classification(s)

• B60G:VEHICLE SUSPENSION ARRANGEMENTS

• 2004 Application Filing Year
• B60G Class
• 251 Applications Filed
• 102 Patents Issued To-Date
• 40.64 % Issued To-Date

Inventor(s)

Inventor Name	Address	# of filed Patents	Total Citations
Hughes, Thomas	Cheshire, GB	28	352
# of filed Patents : 28 Total Citations : 352

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• 2 Citation Count
• B60G Class

• 2.82 % this patent is cited more than
• 14 Age

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Maintenance Fees

Fee	Large entity fee	small entity fee	micro entity fee	due date

Fee	Large entity fee	small entity fee	micro entity fee
Surcharge after expiration - Late payment is unavoidable	$700.00	$350.00	$175.00
Surcharge after expiration - Late payment is unintentional	$1,640.00	$820.00	$410.00

DATE PUBLISHED	PUBLICATION/PATENT NO.	PUBLICATION TYPE
May 24, 2011	US,7946601,B2   US7946601B2	GRANTED PATENT AS SECOND PUBLICATION
January 13, 2005	US,20050006869,A1   US20050006869A1	FIRST PUBLISHED PATENT APPLICATION

Full Text

US Patent No: 7946601

Suspension trailing arm

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Abstract

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A composite suspension trailing arm for heavy commercial vehicles includes an axle locating portion integral with the trailing arm, a chassis mounting feature to mount the trailing arm to a chassis component of a vehicle and a spring mounting feature integral with the trailing arm. The axle locating portion is located between the chassis mounting feature and the spring mounting feature. The composite material is made of a matrix material and a reinforcement material.

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• STCH2015
• FP2015
• LAPS2015
• REMI2015
• I2011
• AS2007
• P2005
• AS2004
• F2004
• PD2003

Date	Code	Event	Description
Jun 22, 2015	STCH	INFORMATION ON STATUS: PATENT DISCONTINUATION	free format text: PATENT EXPIRED DUE TO NONPAYMENT OF MAINTENANCE FEES UNDER 37 CFR 1.362
May 24, 2015	FP	LAPSED DUE TO FAILURE TO PAY MAINTENANCE FEE	Effective Date: May 24, 2015
May 24, 2015	LAPS	LAPSE FOR FAILURE TO PAY MAINTENANCE FEES
Jan 02, 2015	REMI	MAINTENANCE FEE REMINDER MAILED
May 24, 2011	I	Issuance
Jan 19, 2007	AS	ASSIGNMENT	free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNOR:HUGHES, THOMAS;REEL/FRAME:018822/0001 Owner name: MERITOR HEAVY VEHICLE SYSTEMS LIMITED, UNITED KING Effective Date: Jan 19, 2007
Jan 13, 2005	P	Published
Jun 25, 2004	AS	ASSIGNMENT	free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNOR:HUGHES, THOMAS;REEL/FRAME:015840/0677 Owner name: ARVINMERITOR HEAVY VEHICLE SYSTEMS (UK) LTD, UNITE Effective Date: Jun 25, 2004
Jun 14, 2004	F	Filing
Jun 14, 2003	PD	Priority Date