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US 5,707,050 AGranted
Mounting arrangement for a torsion bar of a vehicle torsion bar wheel suspension system
AssigneeMercedes-Benz AG
InventorWolfgang Pfundstein
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Abstract
In a mounting arrangement for a torsion bar of a torsion bar vehicle wheel suspension wherein the torsion bar is mounted at its one end to a cross link of a vehicle wheel suspension the other end of the torsion bar is connected to a mounting shoe which is engaged with the vehicle chassis only by the torque forces transmitted through the torsion bar.
Claims5
A mounting arrangement for an end remote from a wheel of a torsion bar of a torsion bar suspension for a vehicle wheel which is supported on a vehicle chassis by cross-links, said mounting arrangement comprising:
- a mounting shoe arranged at the end of said torsion bar remote from said wheel and firmly fastened to said torsion bar so as to be non-rotatable relative to said torsion bar at least counter to a torque applied to the torsion bar by the associated wheel, said mounting shoe being engaged with said chassis only by the torque force effective on said mounting shoe.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.