Wheel suspension for a vehicle

Details Wheel suspension for a vehicle Wheel suspension for a vehicle

1985-07-22

1987-02-10

Bertsch, Richard A.

Land vehicles

Wheeled

Running gear

180 733, 280688, B60G 300

Patent

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046418547

ABSTRACT:
A wheel suspension in a vehicle having a frame structure and a drive shaft mounted on the frame structure for driving a wheel to rotate about a wheel shaft thereof, includes a trailing arm having a front end pivotably connected to the frame structure and a rear end supporting the wheel shaft of the wheel, a propeller shaft having a first end coupled to the drive shaft through a first universal joint and an opposite end coupled to the wheel shaft through a second universal joint, a link rod having a first end pivotably connected to the frame structure and an opposite end pivotably connected to the rear end of the trailing arm, and a cushioning unit supporting the trailing arm on the frame structure for dampening movement of the trailing arm with respect to the frame structure. The propeller shaft extends substantially transversely of the frame structure, and the link rod is spaced substantially vertically from the propeller shaft and, also, extends substantially transversely of the frame structure. The wheel suspension has an increased minimum height from the ground on which the wheel rests, is relatively simple in structure, small in size or volume, and has a small unsprung weight.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3123378 (1964-03-01), Caldwell

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