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US 2016/0339823 A1Published application
Suspension for a multiple height vehicle
AssigneeDallas Smith Corporation
InventorsJudson L. Smith, Virgil R. Dutton
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Abstract
This disclosure relates to rear drive axle suspension systems for OEM cargo truck and ambulance type vehicles and more particularly to a method and a means to provide said vehicles with a Two-Position suspension system, wherein Position-1 is for vehicle transport and Position-2 is for vehicle loading and unloading.
Claims19
A vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle frame;
- a wheel support;
- a wheel coupled to the wheel support;
- a suspension operatively coupling the vehicle frame to the wheel support,
- wherein the suspension permits the vehicle frame to move relative to the wheel support;
- and
- a powered actuator that is selectively movable between a first condition and a second condition, wherein, in the first condition, the powered actuator does not restrict movement of the vehicle frame relative to the wheel support and in the second condition, the powered actuator compresses the suspension thereby restricting movement of the vehicle frame relative to the wheel support and bringing the vehicle frame closer to the wheel support.
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