Vehicle suspension

Details Vehicle suspension Vehicle suspension

1985-04-08

1987-03-03

Love, John J.

Land vehicles

Wheeled

Running gear

280690, B60G 500

Patent

active

046470670

ABSTRACT:
The suspension includes a pair of arms independently pivoted to opposite sides of the vehicle chassis at one end for up-and-down movement, each arm rotatably carrying a ground-engaging wheel of the vehicle at its free end. Each arm extends in the same direction from its pivoted end, longitudinally of the chassis. A compression spring contacts and upwardly extends from each arm at a distance from its pivoted end, and a load transfer lever is fulcrumed at its center to the chassis; extends transversely of the latter; and its outer ends overly and contact the top of the respective compression springs. The suspension system is applicable to three- and four-wheel motor vehicles. Preferably, the arms are hollow and serve to house part of a transformation mechanism to the wheels, the latter being the driving wheels. In a four-wheel vehicle in accordance with the invention, there is further provided an additional load transfer lever disposed on each side of the vehicle chassis and extending longitudinally of the same, with their ends underlying and having a slidable connection with the first-named transfer levers adjacent the springs.

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patent: 2417019 (1947-03-01), Sherman
patent: 2473519 (1949-06-01), Gillitzer
patent: 3175637 (1965-03-01), Honda
patent: 3266815 (1966-08-01), Bishop
patent: 3313555 (1967-04-01), Reimer
patent: 3504928 (1970-04-01), Reimer
patent: 3583727 (1971-06-01), Wallis
patent: 3584892 (1971-06-01), Moore
patent: 3917306 (1975-11-01), Madler et al.
patent: 4003443 (1977-01-01), Boughers

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