Land vehicles – Wheeled – Running gear
Patent
1977-04-28
1979-02-20
Peters, Jr., Joseph F.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Running gear
280721, B60G 1118
Patent
active
041403339
ABSTRACT:
An improved rear axle suspension system wherein independently suspended wheels are supported from an extremity of a trailing wheel arm by a wheel spindle thereof, the wheel arms having extensions aligned transversely of the vehicle and constituting semi-axles, the adjacent ends of which engage in rotatable fashion with one being disposed at least partially inside the other, while the other ends are rotatably supported by bracing elements fastened to longitudinal frame members of the vehicle, the shock absorbers being attached at their upper ends to extensions of these lateral bracing elements and at their lower ends to the shanks of the wheel spindles, such that the axes of rotation of the wheel arms and of the shock absorbers are as far apart as possible, the extensions of the lateral bracing elements to which the upper ends of the shock absorbers are attached being disposed so that the shock absorbers are slightly inclined to the horizontal, whereby a sensibly variable reduction ratio between the displacement of the shock absorber pistons and the vertical excursions of the wheels is provided.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2702701 (1955-02-01), Thorne
patent: 3207497 (1965-09-01), Schoonover
patent: 3615081 (1971-10-01), Ravenel
patent: 3778082 (1973-12-01), Grosseau
Delmas Jean-Paul
Krin Rene
Thoraval Richard
Carroll John A.
Peters Jr. Joseph F.
Regie Nationale des Usines Renault
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