Land vehicles – Wheeled – Running gear
Patent
1976-10-01
1978-12-26
Bertsch, Richard A.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Running gear
B60G 504
Patent
active
041312970
ABSTRACT:
A suspension assembly for a vehicle having front and rear axles. Front and rear hanger assemblies depending from the vehicle chassis. A free floating shackle assembly between the axles. A front leaf spring extending between the front hanger assembly and the shackle assembly and bearing downwardly on the front axle. A rear leaf spring extending between the shackle assembly and the rear axle and bearing upwardly against an elastomer main load pad in the rear hanger assembly. The rear leaf spring bears downwardly against the rear axle. Elastomeric load pad spacers are used to mount the leaf springs. A slide limiter mounted to an end of the rear leaf spring allows linear sliding within specified limits while retaining the leaf spring in a downwardly bearing relationship to the rear axle.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3499660 (1970-03-01), Raidel
patent: 3602523 (1971-08-01), Poulos
patent: 3614123 (1971-10-01), Raidel
patent: 3738631 (1973-06-01), Haley
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