Vehicle suspension system augmenter
OwnerPatrick A. Lovellinventor
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Abstract
A vehicle suspension system augmenter includes one or more selectively actuatable hydraulic jacks positioned to elevate the frame of a vehicle with respect to its suspension system on at least one side in order to achieve a leveling function of the frame when the vehicle is on uneven terrain. The system contemplates appropriate brackets and mounting devices to enable the system to be applied during the original construction of the vehicle, or as an after-market item, and further contemplates employing fluid pressure systems already embodied in the vehicle or as auxiliary items. The fluid pressure system may be activated by the operator from the driver station and when in a non-use configuration, the hydraulic jacks are totally disconnected from at least one of the frame or suspension elements, whichever is appropriate.
Claims6
In a vehicle including a frame, wheel and axle means, a suspension system including a plurality of resilient elements interconnecting said wheel and axle means and said frame, a dump body pivotally connected to said frame and movable between raised dumping and lowered transporting positions, a fluid pressure system carried by said vehicle and connected to said dump body to move said body between positions, the combination comprising a fluid pressure operated suspension augmenting device carried by one of and selectively operable between interconnected and disconnected positions between said frame and a portion of said suspension system to apply when interconnected a pressure force between said frame and said portion of said suspension system and change the relationship between at least one of said resilient elements and said frame.
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