Patent ID: 8870206

Claim:
A vehicle suspension system for a vehicle having a frame with respective frame sides and suspended with segmented air shock absorbers, the vehicle suspension system comprising: upper and lower leading links, each link having one and the other ends; upper and lower trailing links, each link having one and the other ends; upper and lower apex brackets, each bracket containing a ball joint; an independent suspension configuration per wheel, each configuration including the upper and lower leading links and the upper and lower trailing links, the wheel referring to a front or rear driver or passenger wheel; wherein the ball joints serve to pivotally attach the upper and lower apex brackets to a driver or passenger knuckle, each knuckle that is located at a front of the vehicle being steerable whereas that at a rear of the vehicle is non-steerable; wherein the one end of each leading or trailing link is affixed to a flexible joint, the flexible joint serving to pivotally attach the leading or trailing link to a mounting bracket; wherein each mounting bracket is affixed to a frame side thereby serving as a connection location for the leading or trailing link, or to a shock tower or apex bracket thereby serving as the connection location for a top or bottom of the segmented shock absorber, respectively; wherein the respective frame sides refer to driver and passenger frame sides, each driver or passenger frame side having a pair of apertures, the pair of apertures referring to an aperture being located near a front and rear ends of the frame; wherein the aperture refers to an open space that is fabricated into a frame side, the open space being bordered by vertical edges; wherein the segmented air shock absorber provides a suspension spring means and damping to the front or rear driver or passenger wheel.