Land vehicles – Wheeled – Running gear
Patent
1984-03-19
1985-08-06
Bertsch, Richard A.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Running gear
280688, 267 9R, 267 18, 267 49, 267 53, B60G 1102
Patent
active
045331570
ABSTRACT:
A suspension system for the rear wheels of a motor vehicle includes a pair of leaf springs having their fore and aft ends pivotally mounted to the vehicle frame or body. The leaf springs flexibly support a tubular rear axle member forwardly and downwardly offset from the rear wheel spindles by a pair of left and right one-piece castings. Each casting has an outboard spindle mounting L-shaped angle portion and an inboard forwardly and downwardly offset collar portion joined by a canted bridging portion. The collars each receive one end of the tubular axle member. The casting include a jounce deflection stop-plate for engaging its associated frame bumper. Leaf springs are seated on each casting below the spindle axis and above the tubular axle member reducing the design height of the vehicle. The tubular axle portion and spindles are constrained to move equal distances during upward jounce deflection.
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Hoenle Walter A.
Perkins David J.
Schenten James L.
Barthel Edward P.
Bertsch Richard A.
Chrysler Corporation
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