Patent ID: 6406008
Filing Date: 2002-06-18
Classification: B60G

Abstract:
In an axle suspension, duplicated on each side of a vehicle and having at least one axle and including a combination support member and spring, a system for clamping said axle adjacent one end of said combination support member and spring comprising,a bottom axle wrap on which the bottom side of said axle is seated, a top axle seated on the top side of said axle and engaging the underside of said combination support member and spring, a clamping plate seated on the top of said combination support member and spring and having at least one bolt hole extending through it, a plurality of bolts clamping together an assembly comprising in upward vertical orientation, said bottom axle wrap, said axle, said top axle wrap, said combination support member and spring and said clamping plate, at least one of said plurality of bolts being secured to said clamping plate and extending into said at least one bolt hole of said clamping plate, and said bottom axle wrap having upwardly extending sides which act against opposite sides of said axle, and said bolts extending between said bottom axle wrap and said clamping plate and spaced outwardly of said axle whereby tensioning of said bolts applies compressive forces against all four sides of said axle.