Patent ID: 8746383
Filing Date: 2014-06-10
Classification: B60G,B60K,B60L

Abstract:
1. An in-the-wheel hub-less suspension system for use on a vehicle comprising: at least two vertical guides; at least two mounting brackets to be affixed to diametrically opposing positions on the rim of the wheel to which the suspension system is to be attached; at least one shock absorber unit; one spring for each vertical guide; at least one cavity; at least one top orifice; at least one bottom orifice; at least one top cap with a first through-hole; at least one bottom cap with a second through-hole; at least one first seal for each of said at least one top cap; and at least one second seal for each of said at least one bottom cap; wherein each of said at least two vertical guides extends through one of said at least one shock absorber unit, wherein said spring for each vertical guide is located underneath said at least one shock absorber unit and encloses said vertical guide; wherein each end of each of said at least two vertical guides engages with the corresponding mounting bracket; wherein said top orifice and said bottom orifice are coaxial, wherein said top cap is secured onto said top orifice and said bottom cap is secured onto said bottom orifice, wherein said first hole in said top cap, said top orifice, said second hole in said bottom cap, said bottom orifice and said at least one cavity form a third through-hole through which each of said at least two vertical guides extend, and wherein said at least one first seal for each of said at least one top cap creates a tight seal between the at least one top cap and the vertical guide and the said at least one second seal for each of said at least one bottom cap creates a tight seal between the at least one bottom cap and the vertical guide.