Land vehicles – Wheeled – Running gear
Patent
1987-04-24
1988-03-08
Love, John J.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Running gear
280691, 280724, B60G 306
Patent
active
047295783
ABSTRACT:
A vehicle suspension system including a wheel hub on which a wheel is rotatably mounted, a pair of lateral link substantially transversely extending and disposed in a spaced relationship with each other in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, the lateral link being pivotally connected to the vehicle body at the inner end and to the wheel hub at the outer end thereof so that the wheel hub can be swingably moved in the vertical direction relative to the vehicle body, in which at least one of the lateral link is divided into an inner and outer link members, the inner link member being connected to the outer link member by a connector including a precompressed resilient member constituted to be deflected in the axial direction of the lateral links when the compressive force is applied to the resilient member beyond the precompressed force so as to reduce the length of the lateral link member. There are produced different deflection properties between the two lateral links when the side force acts on the wheel to cause toe direction changes of the wheel.
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Edahiro Takeshi
Kondo Toshiro
Yamamoto Tadanobu
Love John J.
Mazda Motor Corporation
Rice Kenneth R.
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