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US 6,655,487 B2Granted
Front suspension with three ball joints for a vehicle
AssigneeBombardier Inc.
InventorsBertrand Mallette, Bruno Girouard, Berthold Fecteau, Mario Coté
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Abstract
A suspension for a vehicle includes an upper A-arm and a lower A-arm. A leg with an axis is rotatably connected to both the upper A-arm and the lower A-arm. A mechanical link is rotatably connected to the leg so that movement of the mechanical link applies rotational force to the leg to cause the leg to rotate about the axis.
Claims18
A support for a recreational vehicle, the support comprising:
- an elongated body having a front side defined by a forward direction of travel of a recreational vehicle and a rear side defined by a rearward direction of a recreational vehicle;
- a first protrusion projecting from the front side of said body;
- a second protrusion projecting from the rear side of said body, one of said front protrusion and said rear protrusion being adapted to be moveably connected to a portion of a suspension system of the vehicle, the other of said front protrusion and said rear protrusion being adapted to be moveably connected to a portion of a steering system of a vehicle;
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- said elongated body being adapted to be connected to a ground engaging element of a vehicle, wherein said support further comprises a third protrusion, said third protrusion projecting from the spine side of said elongated body as the one of said first protrusion and said second protrusion adapted to be connected to a portion of a suspension system, said third protrusion is integral with said body, the one of said first protrusion and said second protrusion adapted to be connected to a portion of a steering system of the vehicle is located at an intermediate position between the other of said first protrusion and said second protrusion adapted to be connected to a portion of a suspension system of said vehicle, and said third protrusion and the support has an axis of rotation defined by a line which passes through the one of said first protrusion and said second protrusion adapted to be connected to a suspension system and said third protrusion.
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A vehicle having a suspension system comprising:
- a first suspension element pivotally connected to the vehicle;
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- a support having:
- an elongated body having a front side defined by a forward direction of the recreational vehicle and a rear side defined by a rearward direction of the recreational vehicle,
- a first protrusion projecting from the front side of said body,
- a second protrusion projecting from the rear side of said body,
- one of said front protrusion and said rear protrusion being moveably connected to said first suspension element of the vehicle, the other of said front protrusion and said rear protrusion moveably connected to a portion of a steering system of the vehicle, and
- said elongated body being adapted to be connected to a ground-engaging element of the vehicle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.