Land vehicles – Wheeled – Running gear
Patent
1974-07-01
1976-03-09
Goodman, Philip
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Running gear
180 43R, B60G 1500
Patent
active
039428150
ABSTRACT:
A motor vehicle suspension system having a substantially vertical spring member articulated to a transverse control arm. The susceptibility of the steering system to wheelfight is reduced by constructing the suspension system in such a way that the following factor, called the "wheelfight factor", approaches zero: ##EQU1## WHERE .alpha..sub.F is the angle between the axis of the spring member and the vertical; .alpha..sub.L is the angle between the axis of the control arm and the horizontal; l is the length of the spring member measured vertically; h is the height of the point of articulation between the spring member and the control arm above the point of wheel contact with the ground; c.sub.Ry is the transverse rigidity of the rolling tire at the point of wheel contact with the ground; and c.sub.By is the transverse rigidity at the point of articulation between the spring member and the frame of the vehicle.
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Hoyt, et al., S.A.E. Preprint No. 127A Jan., 1960.
Grotewohl Albert
Schwenk Kurt
Goodman Philip
Siemens Terrance L.
Volkswagenwerk Aktiengesellschaft
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