Dihedral composite vehicle suspension
AssigneeSuspension Group, Ltd.
InventorBenjamin V. Booher
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Abstract
A vehicle suspension assembly comprises a transverse box beam for a vehicle chassis, a central mount on an underside of the box beam, a combination composite spring and transverse control arm member having a dihedral for establishing a pre-load of the suspension system for establishing the vehicle ride height mounted at the center thereof to the central mount for supporting wheel assemblies at the outer ends thereof.
Claims5
A vehicle suspension assembly for supporting a body of a vehicle on laterally spaced wheel assemblies, comprising:
- an elongated transverse mount structure for mounting between the side structure of a vehicle body which comprises a generally tubular box-like section having a generally horizontal bottom panel and a vertically spaced upper panel, each said bottom panel and upper panel having at least one vertical surface;
- a central mount mounted on the underside of said transverse mount structure substantially on a longitudinal centerline thereof, said central mount comprising a longitudinally extending channel with an inverted V-shape;
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- a combination spring and control arm assembly having a generally inverted V-configuration, secured to said central mount at said inverted V and comprising first and second arms formed of a composite material, each having a substantially uniform thickness along the length thereof extending in opposite directions from said central mount for supporting a wheel assembly at the outer end thereof for free vertical movement.
A vehicle suspension assembly for supporting a body of a vehicle on laterally spaced wheel assemblies, comprising:
- a transverse box beam for mounting between the sides of a vehicle chassis, including a cross member having a generally horizontal bottom panel and a vertically spaced upper panel, each having at least one vertical surface for supporting said mount to a vehicle body;
- a central mount mounted on an underside of said box beam substantially on a longitudinal centerline of said vehicle chassis having a longitudinally extending inverted V-shaped channel;
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- a combination spring and transverse control arm assembly having a generally inverted V-configuration in the unloaded configuration secured to said central mount longitudinally extending inverted V-shaped channel and comprising first and second flexible arms formed of a composite material extending outward in opposite directions from said central mount for supporting a wheel assembly for free vertical movement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.