Patent ID: 7249776

Claim:
A vehicle suspension system for use on road and off road placed between a chassis for autos, sport utility vehicles or trucks having a sprung weight and each of a plurality of wheel axle supports carrying unsprung weight, the vehicle suspension system at least operative to independently control motion between the chassis and each wheel axle support during jounce and rebound, the vehicle suspension system including a plurality of load springs located between the chassis and its respective wheel axle support, each of the plurality of respective load springs for supporting the sprung weight of the chassis carried there on at a ride height relative to its respective wheel axle support and for substantially carrying the sprung weight during jounce motion of the chassis, each of the respective load springs mounted to the chassis for flexing between the chassis and its respective wheel axle support for resisting motion of the chassis sprung weight under load and during jounce, the vehicle suspension system for road travel comprising: a rebound control elastomeric rebound member for rebound control resulting from vehicle transients or road conditions mounted to the chassis and each wheel axle support for exerting increasing force to its respective wheel axle support during rebound motion of the sprung weight of the chassis away from its respective wheel axle support, each rebound control elastomeric rebound member operatively mounted in opposition to its respective load spring for increasing resistance to chassis sprung weight rebound motion and to initiate the application of resistance to rebound motion of the chassis by transfer of the unsprung weight of each respective wheel axle support through each rebound control elastomeric rebound member to the chassis upon motion of the sprung weight away from its respective wheel axle support, the rebound control elastomeric rebound member is during rebound in tension to stretch sufficiently between the chassis and its wheel axle support and is slack when the load spring is compressed during jounce to its maximum load capacity, each respective rebound control elastomeric rebound member mounted to oppose the beginning of rebound motion as the rebound motion separates the chassis sprung weight and the axle unsprung weight in response to reaction to road surface, cornering and braking is resisted by its respective wheel axle support.