Rear axle for motor vehicle
AssigneeRegie Nationale des Usines Renault
InventorGeorges Decouzon
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Abstract
A rear axle for motor vehicle, which comprises a rigid axle member pivotally mounted at its ends to the relevant stub-axle brackets by substantially horizontal pivot pins parallel to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle, the stub-axle brackets being on the other hand secured to the body of the vehicle by longitudinal tie-rods, one of the longitudinal tie-rods being further connected in the vicinity of its relevant bracket to an oblique tie-rod having its opposite end also secured to the body, each bracket being also secured to a vertical shock absorber surrounded by a coil compression spring.
Claims7
Rear axle for a motor vehicle comprising:
- a rigid axle member extending transversely to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle;
- stub-axle brackets positioned at each end of said rigid axle member;
- substantially horizontal pivot pins extending parallel to the longitudinal center line of the vehicle for pivotally mounting each end of said rigid axle member to a respective one of said stub-axle brackets;
- longitudinally-extending tie-rods associated with each of said stub-axle brackets, one end of each of said longitudinally-extending tie-rods being connected to a respective one of said stub-axle brackets and the other end being secured to the body of the vehicle;
- a tie-rod extending obliquely to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle, one end of said tie-rod being connected to one of said longitudinally-extending tie-rods close to the connection of the tie-rod to said stub-axle bracket and the other end being secured to the body of the vehicle;
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- vertical shock absorbers surrounded by coil compression springs for connecting each of said longitudinally-extending tie-rods to the body of the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.