Land vehicles – Wheeled – Running gear
Patent
1995-02-13
1996-11-12
Dickson, Paul N.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Running gear
280 612, B60G 1126
Patent
active
055732666
ABSTRACT:
The vehicle body lowering system of the present invention is installed in a motor vehicle having a wheeled carriage, a cargo/passenger compartment body, a door in the passenger compartment body for cargo loading and unloading or passenger embarking and debarking, and a spring suspension for the buoyant support of the body above the carriage between a lower position and an upper position. The components of the vehicle body lowering system include a drive for forcing the body into the lower position, where the drive comprises a power source and an interconnection between the body and the carriage, and a manually actuated control for energizing and deenergizing the power source. The interconnection is characterized by an operative condition at which the body is in the lower position under the control of the power source, and an inoperative condition at which the body is freely subject to the buoyant support of the spring suspension. The interconnection has at least one coupling to the body and at least one coupling to the carriage.
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Mackenzie Christopher J.
Steele Guy
Zalewski Wojciech T.
Dickson Paul N.
Safe-T-Vans, Inc.
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