Trailing link type beam suspension

A trailing link type beam suspension comprising:

• a hollow axle beam having first and second ends at each of which a wheel is connected rotatably;
• a first trailing arm having one end fixed to the first end of said axle beam and the other end connected to the chassis of a vehicle;
• a second trailing arm having one end rotatably connected to the second end of said axle beam and the other end connected to said chassis;
• a stabilizer means including a torque tube in said hollow axle beam and having one end fixed to the portion adjacent to said second end of said axle beam and a torsion bar having one end non-rotatably connected to the other end of said torque tube and the other end rotatably supported by the one end of said torque tube;
• and
• a link connecting the other end of said torsion bar to said second trailing arm.

In a trailing link type beam suspension comprising:

• an axle having first and second ends at each of which a wheel is connected rotatably;
• a first trailing arm having one end fixed to the first end of said axle beam and the other end pivotably connected to the chassis of a vehicle;
• and
• a second trailing arm having one end rotatably connected to the second end of said axle beam and the other end pivotably connected to said chassis;
• the improvement, wherein
• the axle beam is tubular and hollow and comprising
• stabilizer means in said hollow axle beam for resisting relative rotation thereof due to differential up and down movement of the wheels,
• said stabilizer means including
• a torsion bar having first and second ends, means securing one of the ends of the torsion bar to the axle beam,
• means rotatably supporting the second end of the torsion bar from the axle beam, and
• a link rotatably connecting said torsion bar to said second trailing arm.