Patent ID: 6375203
Filing Date: 2002-04-23
Classification: B60G,B62D

Abstract:
A suspension system for a vehicle having an elongated, supported body and a steering axle positioned below the supported body and transverse to the elongated, supported body, the suspension system comprising:a V-shaped link attached at an apex and at two endpoints to the elongated, supported body and the steering axle, where attachment to the elongated, supported body is longitudinally displaced from the steering axle; pivot mounts engaging the apex and the endpoints, the pivot mount for the apex providing an axis of rotation for the V-shaped link parallel to the steering axle; a pair of longitudinally translating couplings, one each depending from opposite sides of the elongated, supported body at positions which are longitudinally displaced from the steering axle in a direction opposite to the longitudinal displacement from the steering axle of the attachment of the V-shaped link to the supported body; first and second arms, each rigidly connected at one end to mutually spaced locations on the steering axle and at a remaining end to one of the pair of longitudinally translating couplings; and first and second springs mounted with respect to the supported body and the steering axle for supporting the elongated, supported body from the steering axle.