Land vehicles – Wheeled – Running gear
Patent
1983-08-29
1985-07-16
Peters, Jr., Joseph F.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Running gear
B60G 1126
Patent
active
045292248
ABSTRACT:
A suspension assembly for supporting a vehicle chassis from at least one vehicle axle has a pair of outrigger bracket members extending into the wheel house area of the chassis, a bolster beam bolted to the axle with outrigger members extending into the wheel house area of the chassis and aligned with the outrigger brackets, and an air spring mounted and extending between each of the outrigger members and brackets to provide a suspension with an increased lateral distance between the spring members on opposite sides of the vehicle. Parallelogram stabilization of each axle is provided by a torque rod mounted at the point of attachment of the bolster beam to the axle with a torque rod having an offset and extending forwardly to a hanger assembly mounted in offset fashion to avoid interference with the vertical deflection of the bolster beam. A second embodiment is adapted for use on a steering axle and includes an integrally formed stool type axle seat with an outrigger extension member extending into the wheel well area, an inner extension member with bracket members to pivotally attach a sway bar, and a lower extension member with bracket members to pivotally attach a pair of torque rods. An upper frame extension member extends into the wheel well area and aligns with the outrigger member of the stool axle seat so that an air spring may be mounted and extend between them. A hanger assembly is mounted forwardly of the axle seat and has a U-shaped bracket to pivotally support the forward end of each of the two torque rods.
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patent: 2903256 (1959-09-01), Weiss
patent: 3252538 (1966-05-01), Brueder
patent: 3565456 (1971-02-01), Zoltok
patent: 3794343 (1974-02-01), Hickman
patent: 4248455 (1981-02-01), Manning
patent: 4273357 (1981-06-01), Pashkow
Peters Jr. Joseph F.
Weaver Ross
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