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Steerable and liftable independent suspension system
 
   
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US Patent 7322587
Issued Date
January 29, 2008
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A liftable independent suspension system which may also be steerable. In a described embodiment, a liftable suspension system for use on a vehicle includes wheel spindles positioned to extend outwardly at each respective lateral side of the vehicle. The spindles are displaceable independent of each other. An actuator is operable to raise at least one of the spindles, so that a tire rotatably connected to the spindle is liftable out of engagement with a road surface when the actuator raises the spindle.
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Published
January 29, 2008
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11/551,172
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October 19, 2006
US Classification
280/86.5   180/209 280/124.135 280/43.17
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B62D   61/12   (20060101)   B60G   3/18   (20060101)  
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION The present application is a division of application Ser. No. 10/757,760, filed Jan. 14, 2004 now U.S. Pat. No. 7,152,866. The entire disclosure of this prior application is incorporated herein by this reference.
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280/86.5   280/124.135   280/43.17   280/43.18   280/43.23   280/6.15   280/6.157   280/5.514   180/209  
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