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US 12,472,774 B1Granted
Vehicle having an axle tether to reduce vehicle lift
AssigneeFca US LLC
InventorsMilind S Parab, Pramod R Tatkare, Pankaj V Kolhe, Vikas Sanghavi, Ranjit B Pandhare, Meyyappan Valliappan
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Abstract
A vehicle including a vehicle frame, a front axle positioned proximate the vehicle frame, a pair of wheels attached to the front axle, and a tether having one end attached to the front axle and an opposing end attached to the frame, wherein the tether is configured to prevent the axle from moving rearwardly during a collision to prevent one of the wheels from under-riding the frame.
Claims7
A vehicle, comprising:
- a vehicle frame;
- a front axle positioned proximate the vehicle frame;
- a pair of wheels attached to the front axle;
- a sway bar connected to the front axle by a steering link;
- and
- a tether having one end attached to the front axle and an opposing end attached to the sway bar,
- wherein the tether is configured to prevent the axle from moving rearwardly during a collision to prevent one of the wheels from under-riding the frame.
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