Land vehicles – Wheeled – Running gear
Reexamination Certificate
2007-03-30
2010-11-16
Dickson, Paul N (Department: 3616)
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Running gear
C280S124144
Reexamination Certificate
active
07832750
ABSTRACT:
The arm (12) comprises a pair of transverse rods (16, 18) articulated at their outer ends (24, 28) to the wheel-carrier of a vehicle wheel and at their inner ends (26, 30) to the vehicle body, and at least one pair of connecting elements (20, 22) which connect the rods (16, 18) to one another and are preferably formed as blade-like or plate-like elements, in such a manner that their bending stiffness in a plane is higher than their bending stiffness in a direction perpendicular to that plane. The arm (12) is capable of controlling two translational degrees of freedom (DOFx, DOFy) along the axes of the rods (16, 18) and, by virtue of the geometry and torsional stiffness of the rods (16, 18), as well as of the geometry and bending stiffness of the connecting elements (20, 22) in their plane, a first rotational degree of freedom (DOFθy) about a first, mainly transverse and horizontal axis (ESAy). According to the invention, the rods (16, 18) converge, preferably towards the outside of the vehicle, in such a manner that the arm has an elastic centre (EC) located outside its physical envelope and is thus capable of controlling, by virtue of the geometry and bending stiffness of the rods (16, 18), as well as of the geometry and bending stiffness of the connecting elements (20, 22) in the direction perpendicular to their plane, a second rotational degree of freedom (DOFθz) about a second, mainly vertical axis (ESAz).
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Dickson Paul N
Sistemi Sospensioni S.p.A.
Sughrue & Mion, PLLC
Wilhelm Timothy D
LandOfFree
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