Suspension system for a vehicle
AssigneeRadar Industries, Inc.
InventorsRobert D. Kucinski, Mark S. Zmyslowski
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Abstract
A suspension system of the present invention pivotally supports a wheel of a motor vehicle. An upper control arm and a lower control arm are cooperable with a spindle, which supports the wheel. A vibration damper is cooperable with the upper control arm. A link interconnects the lower control arm and one of the terminal ends of the vibration damper thereby defining a common axis bisecting the link. The vibration damper moves along the common axis to absorb vibration transferred from a road surface and through the wheel.
Claims22
A suspension system for pivotally supporting a wheel of a motor vehicle, said suspension system comprising:
- an upper control arm;
- a lower control arm cooperable with a spindle defining a rotational axis, said spindle supporting the wheel;
- a vibration damper having first and second terminal ends with said first terminal ends being cooperable with said upper control arm;
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- a link having a monolithic construction and a generally uniform thickness throughout interconnecting said lower control arm and said second terminal end of said vibration damper with said link and said vibration damper defining a common axis bisecting said link and extending in a direction different from the direction of said rotational axis with said vibration damper being movable along said common axis for absorbing vibration transferred from a road surface and through the wheel.
A suspension system for pivotally supporting a wheel of a motor vehicle and including an upper control arm, a lower control arm cooperable with a spindle defining a rotational axis and supporting the wheel, said suspension system comprising:
- a vibration damper having first and second terminal ends with said first terminal end being cooperable with the upper control arm;
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- a link having a monolithic construction and a generally uniform thickness throughout for interconnecting the lower control arm and said second terminal end of said vibration damper with said link and said vibration damper defining a common axis bisecting said link and extending in a direction different from the direction of the rotational axis with said vibration damper being movable along said common axis for absorbing vibration transferred from a road surface and through the wheel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.