Patent ID: 6951343
Filing Date: 2005-10-04
Classification: B60G

Abstract:
1. For a vehicle having a body and a suspension system, the suspension system comprising: a ground engaging member; an axle supported on said ground engaging member; fixed first and second suspension attachment points on a vehicle body; an elongate spring unit of which at least a part is resiliently bendable, said unit having first and second end portions and an intermediate portion, said intermediate portion being supported on said axle, said first end portion being pivotally fixed to and supporting said first attachment point; a telescoping device having a reciprocable tubular slider having a free end portion pivotally fixed to and supported by said second end portion of said elongate spring unit, and a fixed tubular sleeve coaxially reciprocably guiding the inboard end portion of said reciprocating tubular slider and fixed to and supporting said second attachment point, said tubular slider free end portion being cantilevered from said fixed tubular sleeve, said second spring unit end portion connecting to and supporting the weight of said second attachment point through said cantilevered reciprocable tubular slider and fixed tubular sleeve.