Land vehicles – Wheeled – Running gear
Reexamination Certificate
2010-02-12
2011-12-06
Fleming, Faye M. (Department: 3616)
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Running gear
C280S124135
Reexamination Certificate
active
08070172
ABSTRACT:
A leaning vehicle suspension. Preferred embodiments have two transversely-mounted steerable front wheels and a single rear wheel, but the vehicle suspension of the present invention may be used with two-wheeled vehicles or four-wheeled vehicles, and front and rear coupled vehicle suspensions may be employed. Two preferred embodiments of the vehicle suspension of the present invention are described. Both have a transverse leaf spring, left and right rotary dampers, and independent left and right parallelogram transverse control arms movably mounting left and right wheel mounting members to the vehicle's frame. A rocker member, to which the rotary dampers and leaf spring are mounted, is pivotally mounted to the vehicle frame by a central pivot bearing, permitting the rocker member to pivot about a longitudinal axis of the vehicle. The parallelogram geometry holds the front wheels at even camber throughout the suspension travel.
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McIver Robert E.
Smith Edward M.
Fleming Faye M.
TreMoto, LLC
Walker, McKenzie & Walker P.C.
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