Motor vehicle suspension

Claim 1

A VEHICLE SUSPENSION HAVING A FRAME, A DIFFERENTIAL GEAR UNIT SECURED TO SAID FRAME, A DRIVING WHEEL LATERALLY SPACED FROM SAID GEAR UNIT, AN AXIAL SHAFT, AN INNER UNIVERSAL JOINT CONNECTING SAID SHAFT WITH THE OUTPUT OF SAID DIFFERENTIAL GEAR UNIT, AN OUTER UNIVERSAL JOINT DRIVINGLY CONNECTING SAID SHAFT TO SAID WHEEL, A RIGID SUSPENSION ARM HAVING A SUPPORT PORTION SUPPORTING SAID WHEEL FOR ROTARY MOTION ABOUT AN AXIS FIXED WITH RESPECT TO SAID ARM, SAID ARM HAVING SPACED FIRST AND SECOND PIVOT PORTIONS, FIRST PIVOT MEANS CONNECTING SAID FIRST PIVOT PORTIONS TO SAID FRAME AND CONSTRUCTED TO SUPPORT SAID FIRST PIVOT PORTION FOR JOUNCE AND REBOUND PIVOTAL MOVEMENT OF SAID ARM, SAID FIRST PIVOT MEANS BEING FURTHER CONSTRUCTED TO SUPPORT SAID FIRST PIVOT FOR LATERAL PIVOTAL MOVEMENT OF SAID ARM ABOUT A VERTICAL AXIS PASSING THROUGH SAID FIRST PIVOT MEANS, MEANS CONNECTING SAID SECOND PIVOT PORTION OF SAID ARM TO SAID FRAME, SAID JUST MENTIONED MEANS INCLUDING SECOND PIVOT MEANS CONSTRUCTED TO SUPPORT SAID SECOND PIVOT PORTION FOR JOUNCE AND REBOUND PIVOTAL MOVEMENT OF SAID ARM AND SUPPORT MEANS CONSTRUCTED TO SUPPORT SAID SECOND PIVOT MEANS FOR HORIZONTAL DISPLACEMENT ALONG AN ARCUATE PATH RELATIVE TO SAID FRAME UPON JOUNCE AND REBOUND MOVEMENT OF SAID ARM, A SUSPENSION SPRING INTERPOSED BETWEEN SAID ARM AND SAID FRAME, SAID PIVOT PORTIONS HAVING A COMMON PIVOT AXIS DISPLACED FROM SAID INNER UNIVERSAL JOINT.