A suspension strut for an independent wheel suspension of a motor vehicle comprises a telescopic damper with a helical compression spring arranged around the damper and seated at its ends on the cylinder tube and piston rod respectively of the damper. A wheel carrier is connected to the lower end of the damper cylinder tube and projects laterally therefrom. To compensate for the bending moment produced by the offset disposition of the wheel carrier relative to the damper axis, those portions of ...

A wheel suspension system for vehicles, particularly relatively light-weight low-speed vehicles such as golf carts, industrial utility vehicles, and the like. The suspension system includes a suspension arm for each wheel extending longitudinally of and pivotally mounted at one end on the vehicle frame for vertical swinging movement of the wheel and arm about a transverse axis of the frame, and a spring for yieldably resisting upward and downward rotation of the arm relative to the frame. A prim...

A suspension system for a vehicle in which the spring units each comprise interleaved rubber blocks and metal plates wherein the spring units are arranged to overlap about the longitudinal center line of the axleboxes to form a compact suspension with controlled lateral and vertical stiffness, of which the following is a specification.

A spring suspension system comprises a first spring device and a spring arm adapted to turn about a pivot or a pivotal line of the spring-supported mass, and a second spring device connected between the spring arm and the spring-supported mass, the second spring device being capable of preferential action with respect to the first spring device.

A set of direct, double acting, hydraulic shock absorbers for use in a racing vehicle having front and rear wheels, one pair of shock absorbers being adapted for mounting in the front suspension system and a second pair of shock absorbers for mounting in the rear suspension system; manually adjustable means in the form of a variable flow passage and an adjustable valve are provided for controlling the damping characteristics of each of the shock absorbers of the set so that the shock absorbers m...

A suspension assembly of a motor vehicle which assemble includes a wheel carrier and a guide member to guide the wheel carrier in relative translation. The wheel carrier is mounted on the guide member by means of a bar sliding in the guide member guided by rollers turning on roller ways arranged on the bar. The assembly includes a spiral spring acting between the bar of the wheel carrier and a guide member of an electromechanical machine that is operated to control the suspension deflection move...

A suspension assembly for a vehicle having front and rear axles. Front and rear hanger assemblies depending from the vehicle chassis. A free-floating shackle assembly between the axles. A front leaf spring extending between the front hanger assembly and the shackle assembly and bearing downwardly on the front axle. A rear leaf spring extending between the shackle assembly and the rear axle and bearing upwardly against a bearing in the rear hanger assembly. The rear leaf spring bears downwardly a...

A suspension assembly for tandem axles including an equalizer beam pivot axis defining assembly including (1) a rubber bushed pivot shaft of noncircular configuration and designed to be maintained under compression, rather than being placed under shear stressed, by vertical loading as well as during oscillation of the beam, (2) spring hanger and mounting brackets designed for ease in installation on vehicle frames and axles with maximum strength, (3) substantially stationarily spaced spring bear...

An outer housing with two verticle sides, having a channel shaped piece holding two sides in place. An inner wheel U shaped carriage, two vertical sides attached at top by a channel shaped piece, the wheel mounted at lower end of vertical sides, the U shaped carriage held in place by vertical guides attached to outer housing. The top of outer housing and top of inner wheel carriage being the spring placement area, the spring held in place and also used for adjustment, by bolts passing through to...

A generally Y-shaped vehicle suspension support arm with the free ends of the arms of the Y including structure for oscillatable support from a vehicle chassis portion about aligned horizontal transverse axes extending between the free ends of the Y arms. The free end of the base leg of the Y-shaped suspension arm curves laterally in the plane containing the arms of the Y and includes structure on its terminal end for oscillatably supporting a wheel spindle therefrom.