Year: 1898

page_text: I, GEORGE IDEN, of 59; Stanford Avenue, Brighton, in the County of Sussex,
Mechanical Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to the arrangement of the engine framing and steering
gear of a motor car in such a way as to provide for the lightness, strength and
safety of the vehicle and the comfort and convenience of the passengers.
For this purpose, I mount by springs on the axle of a pair of back or driving
wheels and on a pair of front or steering wheels a frame which carries the engine
driving gear and store of fuel and water and on which the carriage body, which
may be of various forms is carried on springs. The axle of one of the hind wheels
passes through a sleeve on which, or on a sleeve on which is fixed the other hind
wheel, the sleeve and the axle or other sleeve being connected through a differ-
ential gear box which is driven from the engine preferably through worm gear.
The bushes for the axles of the hind wheels are so held in the axle boxes as to
allow for a little play. I fix the axles of the two front wheels as studs pro-
jecting from vertical spindles on which are horizontal arms connected through
universal joints to a rod crossing the front of the frame, this rod being moved
to the right or left by a lever arm which is worked from a steering wheel and
is engaged in a vertical slot of the crossing rod so as to allow for the relative
vertical movements of the wheels on the road and of the vehicle on its springs.
Dated this 17th day of January 1898.
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.
I, GEORGE IDEN, of 59, Stanford Avenue, Brighton, in the County of Sussex,
Mechanical Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement:—
My invention relates to the arrangement of the engine framing and steering
gear of a motor car in such a way as to provide for the lightness, strength and
safety of the vehicle and the comfort and convenience of the passengers, as I
shall describe referring to the accompanying drawings.

page_text: Fig. 1 is a side elevation and Fig. 2 is a plan, under the body of a motor
car, according to my invention. Fig. 3 is a sectional plan of the sleeve and
differential gear for the axle of the driving wheels; Fig. 4 is a side elevation
and Fig. 5 a rear elevation of the steering levers drawn to an enlarged scale.
I mount by springs E and E¹ on the axle of a pair of back or driving wheels
and on a pair of front or steering wheels a frame B which carries the engine
driving gear and store of fuel and water in the space A and on which the rear part
of the carriage body O which may be of various forms is carried on springs F.
The front part of the body is carried on springs F¹ on the front axle bar. The
axles of the hind wheels pass through sleeves attached to the casing of differential
gear D which
driven from the engine preferably through worm gear.
I fix the axles of the two front wheels as studs projecting from vertical spindles K
on which are horizontal arms connected through universal joints to a rod L cross-
ing the front of the frame. This rod is moved to the right or left by arms M of a
rocking shaft N which is worked by worm gear P from a handle H or steering
wheel.
A pin Q connecting the arms M is engaged in a vertical slot of the crossing
rod L so as to allow for the relative vertical movements of the wheels on the road
and of the vehicle on its springs.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is;-
1. A motor car having the rear part of its body supported by springs on a
frame which carries the engine and gear and store of fuel and water, and is itself
carried by springs on a pair of rear driving wheels and a pair of front steering
wheels substantially as described.
2. In combination with the driving wheel axles, sleeves enclosing them and
attached to the case of differential gear, substantially as described.
3. The steering gear, substantially as described.
Dated this 15th day or September 1898.
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.