Frame Hanger For Vehicle Suspension
AssigneeHendrickson USA, L.L.C.
InventorsShawn D. Noble, Matthew J. Van Meter, Monica J. Kaltreider, Douglas A. Sanford
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Abstract
A frame hanger having a frame bracket adapted for connection to a vehicle frame rail, a spring box attached to the frame bracket, a gusset attached to the frame bracket and positioned within the spring box to form a first spring module and a second spring module, said spring box comprising a bottom wall, a top wall, and an outer side wall of the first spring module, and said spring box comprising a bottom wall a top wall and an outer side wall of the second spring module, and said gusset forming an inner side wall of the first spring module and an inner side wall of the second spring module.
Claims34
A suspension for supporting a longitudinally extending vehicle frame rail above an axle, comprising:
- a frame hanger comprising:
- a frame bracket adapted for connection to a vehicle frame rail;
- a spring box attached to the frame bracket;
- a gusset attached to the frame bracket and positioned within the spring box to form a first spring module and a second spring module;
- said spring box comprising a bottom wall, a top wall, and an outer side wall of the first spring module, and said spring box comprising a bottom wall a top wall and an outer side wall of the second spring module;
- said gusset forming an inner side wall of the first spring module and an inner side wall of the second spring module;
- a first spring mount positioned within the first spring module;
- a first shear spring positioned between a first side wall of the first spring mount and the outer side wall of the first spring module;
- a second shear spring positioned between a second side wall of the first spring mount and the inner side wall of the first spring module;
- a second spring mount positioned within the second spring module;
- a third shear spring positioned between a first side wall of the second spring mount and the outer side wall of the second spring module;
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- a fourth shear spring positioned between a second side wall of the second spring mount and the inner side wall of the second spring module.
A frame hanger comprising:
- a frame bracket adapted for connection to a vehicle frame rail;
- a spring box attached to the frame bracket;
- a gusset attached to the frame bracket and positioned within the spring box to form a first spring module and a second spring module;
- said spring box comprising a bottom wall, a top wall, and an outer side wall of the first spring module, and said spring box comprising a bottom wall a top wall and an outer side wall of the second spring module;
- said gusset forming an inner side wall of the first spring module and an inner side wall of the second spring module.
A frame hanger comprising:
- a frame bracket adapted for connection to a vehicle frame rail;
- a spring box attached to the frame bracket,
- said spring box comprising a first spring module and a second spring module;
- said first spring module comprising a top wall, a bottom wall, an outer side wall, and an inner side wall;
- said second spring module comprising a top wall, a bottom wall, an outer side wall and an inner side wall;
- a gusset attached to the frame bracket;
- a first upwardly extending flange extending from the top wall of the first spring module and a second upwardly extending flange extending from the top wall of the second spring module;
- wherein the first upwardly extending flange is attached to a first side of the gusset and the second upwardly extending flange is attached to a second side of the gusset.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.