Driven swinging axle assemblies with steerable wheels

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AN INDEPENDENT SUSPENSION SYSTEM HAVING WHEELS FOR DRIVING AND STEERING A VEHICLE COMPRISING AN AXLE ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A FIRST AND A SECOND TRANSVERSELY EXTENDING AXLE HOUSING MEMBER, ONE OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND AXLE HOUSING MEMBERS HAVING A YOKE PORTION DEFINING A PAIR OF IN-LINE BORES DISPOSED COAXIALLY RELATIVE TO A LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING AXIS LOCATED SUBSTANTIALLY CENTRALLY OF SAID AXLE ASSEMBLY, THE OTHER OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND AXLE HOUSING MEMBERS HAVING A PAIR OF EARS ROTATABLY DISPOSED WITHIN SAID IN-LINE BORES, BRACKET MEANS CONNECTING SAID YOKE PORTION AND SAID EARS TO THE VEHICLE FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENT ABOUT SAID AXIS, A DIFFERENTIAL ASSEMBLY DISPOSED IN SAID FIRST AXLE HOUSING MEMBER, A FIRST AXLE SHAFT ROTATABLY DISPOSED IN SAID FIRST AXLE HOUSING MEMBER AND CONNECTED TO ONE SIDE OF SAID DIFFERENTIAL ASSEMBLY AND EXTENDING CENTRALLY TOWARD SAID AXIS, A SECOND AXLE SHAFT ROTATABLY DISPOSED IN SAID SECOND AXLE HOUSING MEMBER AND ROTATABLY AND PIVOTABLY SECURED TO SAID FIRST AXLE SHAFT AT A POINT SUBSTANTIALLY ON SAID AXIS AND ANOTHER AXLE SHAFT ROTATABLY DISPOSED IN SAID FIRST AXLE HOUSING AND CONNECTED TO THE OTHER SIDE OF SAID DIFFERENTIAL ASSEMBLY AND EXTENDING AWAY FROM SAID AXIS; A PAIR OF STEERING KNUCKLE ASSEMBLIES EACH PIVOTABLY SECURED TO AN END PORTION OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND AXLE HOUSING MEMBER; A PAIR OF UPPER CONTROL ARMS EACH HAVING ONE END PIVOTABLY SECURED TO THE VEHICLE AND THE OTHER END PIVOTABLY SECURED TO ONE OF SAID PAIR OF SAID STEERING KNUCKLE ASSEMBLIES; A PAIR OF WHEEL ASSEMBLIES ROTATABLY SECURED TO SAID PAIR OF STEERING KNUCKLE ASSEMBLIES; MEANS INCLUDING SAID AXLE ASSEMBLY FOR TRANSMITTING POWER TO SAID WHEEL ASSEMBLIES AND STEERING MEANS INCLUDING SAID STEERING KNUCKLE ASSEMBLIES FOR STEERING SAID ASSEMBLIES.