Land vehicles – Wheeled – Running gear
Patent
1976-02-23
1978-04-25
Goodman, Philip
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Running gear
180 2402, B60G 504
Patent
active
040859487
ABSTRACT:
A road vehicle having at least one pair of wheels at each side the axles of which are connected together by a tandem suspension in such a way that as one wheel of a pair is subjected to load during running, a part of the load is transmitted by the suspension to the axle of the other wheel of the pair so that the load is shared between the axles characterized in that a pair of rocker plates is pivotally mounted on the vehicle for each of the two axles of the pair at each side of the vehicle, each pair of rocker plates being so located and arranged as pivotally to engage each end respectively of a leaf spring associated with the respective axle, the four rocker plates at each side of the vehicle being pivotally connected by a connecting rod.
REFERENCES:
patent: 1615360 (1927-01-01), Crocker
patent: 2599043 (1952-06-01), Bissell
patent: 3186731 (1965-06-01), Fossard
patent: 3224522 (1965-12-01), Fleming
patent: 3833236 (1974-09-01), Davis
Goodman Philip
York Trailer Company Limited
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