Patent ID: 11970042
Assignee: AL-KO INTERNATIONAL PTY LTD
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A suspension assembly for a vehicle, the suspension assembly having a first end for pivotal mounting to a structural member of the vehicle and a second end opposite the first end for attachment of a damping arrangement and a stub axle, the second end including a support plate for stub axle attachment, the suspension assembly including first and second shell components, each shell component having a generally planar major broad section and laterally extending wall sections, the wall sections being welded together to form a peripheral wall of a substantially hollow body between the first and second ends,
wherein a dimension of the peripheral wall is less than a dimension of the major broad section, so that the substantially hollow body is wider in a lateral direction than in a vertical direction, and the support plate extends generally perpendicular to planes of the major broad sections so that a stub axle attached to the support plate extends generally perpendicular to the planes of the major broad sections.