US3269747A
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Automotive suspension system
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1966-03-09
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Granted: 1966-08-30
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Expires: 1986-03-09
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Charles O Forge
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 07:45
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60G; B60G17/00; B60G17/02; B60G17/025; B60G21/00; B60G21/02; B60G21/04; B60G21/05; B60G21/055; B60G21/0551; B60G21/0553; B60G21/0558
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
293 words
IN A MOTOR VEHICLE HAVING A MEMBER WHICH TRANSVERSE AT LEAST A PORTION OF THE WIDTH OF THE VEHICLE AND A PAIR OF ROAD WHEEL AXLES DISPOSED AT OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE VEHICLE, SWAY CORRECTION APPARATUS COMPRISING: A PAIR OF UPPER AND LOWER SUPPORT ARMS FOR EACH OF SAID AXLES, EACH OF SAID ARMS HAVING FORWARD AND REARWARD ENDS; MEANS ROTATABLY SUPPORTING THE FORWARD ENDS OF EACH OF THE SUPPORT ARMS ABOUT UPPER AND LOWER TRANSVERSELY EXTENDING AXES WHICH ARE SEPARATED A SELECTED DISTANCE IN A PLANE DEFINED BY THE AXES; AXLE CARRIER MEANS SUPPORTING EACH OF THE AXLES ON THE REARWARD ENDS OF UPPER AND LOWER SUPPORT ARMS AT PIVOT POINTS THEREON WHICH ARE SEPARATED BY SAID SELECTED DISTANCE FOR MAINTAINING A PARALLEL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE PLANE DEFINED BY SAID AXES AND A LINE PASSING THROUGH THE PIVOT POINTS; A BAR DISPOSED WITHIN SAID PLANE A PREDETERMINED DISTANCE AWAY FROM ONE OF THE UPPER AND LOWER AXES AND HAVING LONGITUDINAL FLEXIBILITY OVER A PORTION OF ITS LENGTH NEAR THE ENDS THEREOF; LEVER ARMS ATTACHED TO THE BAR NEAR EACH OF THE ENDS THEREOF AND HAVING OTHER ENDS PIVOTALLY ATTACHED TO THE AXLE CARRIER MEANS AT SAID PREDETERMINED DISTANCE AWAY FROM SAID ONE OF UPPER AND LOWER PIVOT POINTS AND AT A POINT ALONG THE LINE PASSING THROUGH SAID PIVOT POINTS FOR MAINTAINING SAID SUPPORT ARMS AND LEVER ARM PARALLEL AS THE AXLE UNDERGOES SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL MOVEMENT; AND A PAIR OF PIVOT BLOCKS SELECTIVELY POSITIONABLE ALONG SAID MEMBER ADJACENT THE END PORTIONS OF SAID BAR HAVING LONGITUDINAL FLEXIBILITY TO ROTATABLY SUPPORT SAID BAR FOR PRODUCING IN THE END PORTIONS THEREOF A SELECTED AMOUNT OF LONGITUDINAL FLEXURE WITHIN SAID PLANE DEFINED BY SAID AXES IN RESPONSE ONLY TO DIFFERENTIAL VERTICAL MOVEMENT OF SAID AXLES.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
293 words
IN A MOTOR VEHICLE HAVING A MEMBER WHICH TRANSVERSE AT LEAST A PORTION OF THE WIDTH OF THE VEHICLE AND A PAIR OF ROAD WHEEL AXLES DISPOSED AT OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE VEHICLE, SWAY CORRECTION APPARATUS COMPRISING: A PAIR OF UPPER AND LOWER SUPPORT ARMS FOR EACH OF SAID AXLES, EACH OF SAID ARMS HAVING FORWARD AND REARWARD ENDS; MEANS ROTATABLY SUPPORTING THE FORWARD ENDS OF EACH OF THE SUPPORT ARMS ABOUT UPPER AND LOWER TRANSVERSELY EXTENDING AXES WHICH ARE SEPARATED A SELECTED DISTANCE IN A PLANE DEFINED BY THE AXES; AXLE CARRIER MEANS SUPPORTING EACH OF THE AXLES ON THE REARWARD ENDS OF UPPER AND LOWER SUPPORT ARMS AT PIVOT POINTS THEREON WHICH ARE SEPARATED BY SAID SELECTED DISTANCE FOR MAINTAINING A PARALLEL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE PLANE DEFINED BY SAID AXES AND A LINE PASSING THROUGH THE PIVOT POINTS; A BAR DISPOSED WITHIN SAID PLANE A PREDETERMINED DISTANCE AWAY FROM ONE OF THE UPPER AND LOWER AXES AND HAVING LONGITUDINAL FLEXIBILITY OVER A PORTION OF ITS LENGTH NEAR THE ENDS THEREOF; LEVER ARMS ATTACHED TO THE BAR NEAR EACH OF THE ENDS THEREOF AND HAVING OTHER ENDS PIVOTALLY ATTACHED TO THE AXLE CARRIER MEANS AT SAID PREDETERMINED DISTANCE AWAY FROM SAID ONE OF UPPER AND LOWER PIVOT POINTS AND AT A POINT ALONG THE LINE PASSING THROUGH SAID PIVOT POINTS FOR MAINTAINING SAID SUPPORT ARMS AND LEVER ARM PARALLEL AS THE AXLE UNDERGOES SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL MOVEMENT; AND A PAIR OF PIVOT BLOCKS SELECTIVELY POSITIONABLE ALONG SAID MEMBER ADJACENT THE END PORTIONS OF SAID BAR HAVING LONGITUDINAL FLEXIBILITY TO ROTATABLY SUPPORT SAID BAR FOR PRODUCING IN THE END PORTIONS THEREOF A SELECTED AMOUNT OF LONGITUDINAL FLEXURE WITHIN SAID PLANE DEFINED BY SAID AXES IN RESPONSE ONLY TO DIFFERENTIAL VERTICAL MOVEMENT OF SAID AXLES.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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