Vehicle Suspension
AssigneeHendrickson USA, L.L.C.
InventorsAndrew X. Rarey, Shawn D. Noble
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Abstract
A bolster spring for a vehicle suspension including a base plate, a top plate, elastomeric material positioned between the base plate and the top plate, a first flange comprising a pair of ears having a bottom mounting surface upwardly extending from a first end of the base plate at an angle ½α, and one or more mounting holes positioned in the pair of ears in the first flange adapted for attachment to a pair of ears on an upwardly extending flange on a second bolster spring.
Claims22
A bolster spring for a vehicle suspension comprising:
- a base plate;
- a top plate;
- elastomeric material positioned between the base plate and the top plate;
- a first flange comprising a pair of ears having a bottom mounting surface upwardly extending from a first end of the base plate at an angle ½α;
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- one or more mounting holes positioned in the pair of ears in the first flange adapted for attachment to a pair of ears on an upwardly extending flange on a second bolster spring.
A bolster spring for a vehicle suspension comprising:
- a base plate;
- a top plate;
- elastomeric material positioned between the base plate and the top plate;
- a first flange having a bottom mounting surface upwardly extending from a first end of the base plate at an angle ½α;
- and
- a tie-bar mounting flange rearwardly extending from an end of an intermediate plate positioned between the base plate and the top plate.
A suspension subassembly comprising a first bolster spring that comprises:
- a base plate;
- a top plate;
- elastomeric material positioned between the base plate and the top plate;
- a first flange comprising a pair of ears having a bottom mounting surface upwardly extending from a first end of the base plate at an angle 1/2α;
- one or more mounting holes positioned in the pair of ears in the first flange adapted for attachment to a pair of ears on an upwardly extending flange on a second bolster spring;
- the second bolster spring comprising:
- a base plate;
- a top plate;
- elastomeric material positioned between the base plate and the top plate;
- a first flange comprising a pair of ears having a bottom mounting surface upwardly extending from a first end of the base plate at an angle ½α;
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- one or more mounting holes positioned in the pair of ears in the first flange adapted for attachment to the pair of ears on the upwardly extending flange on the first bolster spring.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.