Anti-roll automobile suspension
AssigneeAdam Zadok
InventorAdam Zadok
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Abstract
An anti-roll suspension for a vehicle chassis having laterally spaced wheels, the suspension comprises an axle assembly for rotatably mounting each of a pair of laterally spaced wheels, a spring assembly and a lower control arm supporting the chassis on each of the axle assemblies, a moveable lever connected between the lower control arm and the suspension system being responsive to a lateral force on said chassis to shift the chassis laterally to the up force side of the suspension and to impose a vertical force on the down force side of the chassis so that the anti-roll linkage simultaneously lift the down force side of the chassis and lowers the up force side of the chassis.
Claims20
An anti-roll suspension system for a vehicle chassis having at least two laterally spaced front wheels, the suspension comprising:
- an axle assembly for mounting each of a pair of laterally spaced wheels;
- a spring assembly for mounting the chassis on each of the axle assemblies;
- a pivoting link attached to a lower portion of each side of the chassis;
- a moveable control arm connected at an outer end to each axle assembly and at an inner end by one of said links to the chassis;
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- a tie link connected between said pivoting links, said anti-roll linkage structured to translate a lateral force on the chassis to a lateral counter movement of said chassis toward the up force side of the wheels and a vertical upward movement on the down force side of the chassis so that the anti-roll linkage simultaneously lifts the down force side of the chassis and lowers the up force side of the chassis to thereby counteract roll of the chassis.
An anti-roll suspension system for a vehicle chassis having at least two laterally spaced wheels, the suspension comprising:
- an axle assembly for mounting each of a pair of laterally spaced wheels;
- a spring assembly for mounting the chassis on each of the axle assemblies;
- a lever attached to a lower portion of each side of the chassis;
- a moveable control arm connected at an outer end to each axle assembly and at an inner end by one of said links to the chassis;
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- a tie link connected between said levers, said anti-roll suspension configured and structured to translate a lateral force on the chassis to a lateral counter movement of said chassis toward the up force side of the wheels and a vertical upward movement on the down force side of the chassis so that the anti-roll linkage simultaneously lifts the down force side of the chassis and lowers the up force side of the chassis to thereby counteract roll of the chassis.
An anti-roll suspension system for a vehicle chassis having at least two laterally spaced wheels, the suspension comprising:
- an axle assembly for mounting each of a pair of laterally spaced wheels;
- a coil compression spring assembly normally disposed in a substantially vertical orientation for mounting the chassis on each of the axle assemblies;
- a lever attached at one end to a lower portion of each side of the chassis, wherein each of said levers is substantially vertically oriented when the suspension is in the static condition;
- a moveable lower control arm connected at an outer end to each axle assembly and at an inner end to said lever intermediate the ends of the lever.
- a tie link connected between the outer ends of said levers, said anti-roll suspension configured and structured to translate a lateral force on the chassis to a lateral counter movement of said chassis toward the up force side of the wheels and a vertical upward movement on the down force side of the chassis so that the anti-roll linkage simultaneously lifts the down force side of the chassis and lowers the up force side of the chassis to thereby counteract roll of the chassis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.