Tandem axle suspension assembly

Land vehicles – Wheeled – Running gear

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280686, B60G 506

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043837034

ABSTRACT:
In a leaf spring suspension assembly for tandem axles of the so-called 4-spring short-rocker tandem suspension system type wherein a front, a center and a rear hanger are secured to the chassis of a vehicle, respectively in pairs, and positioned between an equalizer pivotally mounted to each of the center hangers and each of the front hangers as well as each of the rear hangers are a front and a rear leaf spring arranged so as to be slidable at their respective end portions, a front axle and a rear axle being respectively supported by the front and the rear leaf springs, whereby the front hanger and a portion of the front axle as well as the center hanger and a portion of the rear axle are connected together by torque rods, respectively, the equalizer being pivotably mounted to the center hanger at a position above the line connecting the sliding contact portions of the ends of the front and rear leaf springs with the ends of the equalizer by a predetermined amount, and the pivotally connecting position of the torque rods to the portion of the front or rear axles is selected to be below the lines connecting the center of the pivotally connecting position of the torque rods to the front or rear hanger with the center of the front or rear axle by a predetermined amount.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2577322 (1951-12-01), Frazier
patent: 3767222 (1973-10-01), Willetts
patent: 3799562 (1974-03-01), Hinchliff
patent: 3841652 (1974-10-01), Higginson

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