Motor vehicles – Having four wheels driven
Patent
1988-11-15
1989-09-05
Bertsch, Richard A.
Motor vehicles
Having four wheels driven
180 22, 280688, 280694, B62D 2102, B62D 6300, B60K 1734
Patent
active
048629871
ABSTRACT:
An all-wheel-drive off-highway heavy truck comprising a cab (1) and a platform (2) mounted on a chassis which is rigid about the vertical axis. This chassis is mounted on front and rear axle sets (4, 5), each comprising front and rear axles and four wheels (41, 43, 51, 53). The wheels of the front axle set (4) are steered and the front axles include constant velocity joints, the axles of the front set being otherwise similar to the axles of the rear set. The suspensions of the axle sets (4, 5) include leaf spring stacks connected between the front and rear axles of the relevant set at each side, and clamped in a central portion to a pivot axis (83) about which the axles can pivot. Reaction rods connect the axles with the pivot axis. Hydraulic telescopic shock absorbers are connected between the axles of the front set and the chassis. The pivot axes are mounted equi-distant between the front and rear axles of the relevant set and the spacing of the axles of the front set is equal to the spacing of the axles of the rear set.
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