Fully triangulated, individual wheel suspension system
OwnerJohn P. Warne, Jr.inventor
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A fully triangulated automobile wheel suspension arm assembly which provides a rigid connection between an automotive wheel-bearing hub and two pivot points connecting the suspension assembly to the superstructure of the vehicle. The suspension system includes a lateral tube affixed to a vehicle body. The tube has a free end to which there is journaled one end of a trailing arm. A torsion bar has one end affixed to the lateral tube and a free end affixed to the trailing arm so that pivotal movement of the trailing arm about the lateral tube is resisted by the torsion bar. The other end of the trailing arm is affixed to a wheel-bearing hub, and a wheel is received in journaled relationship respective to the hub. A strut connects the hub to a bracket located on the lateral tube at a location which is spaced inboard of the trailing arm journal. This provides a rigid connection between the wheel-bearing hub and the two pivot points, so that the hub is restrained to move in a substantially vertical plane.
In a vehicle having a laterally disposed torsion bar housing to which there is pivotally attached a trailing arm in the form of a vertically oriented plate member, a journal means at the forward end of the plate member by which it is attached to the outboard end of the housing, with the other end of the plate member being affixed to a vehicle wheel hub;
A fully triangulated vehicle wheel suspension assembly comprising a trailing arm having a forward end pivotally journaled to the vehicle chassis and a trailing end rigidly affixed to a wheel hub;
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.