Spring suspension assembly
AssigneeBig Tyre Pty Ltd
InventorBruce Louden
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Abstract
A spring suspension assembly (50, 50A) for a vehicle which has a plurality of spring elements (77, 83, 77A, 77B, 77C, 83A, 83B, 83C, 787E, 88F, 77G, 77H, 77I, 116, 117, 132, 133, 141, 142) which are attached to an inner carrier (56, 117A) and an outer carrier (86, 120) wherein respective arrays (76, 82, 76A, 76B, 82A, 82B) are oriented in opposing or counteracting orientation and each spring elements (77, 83, 77A, 77B, 77C, 83A, 83B, 83C, 787E, 88F, 77G, 77H, 77I, 116, 117, 132, 133, 141, 142) has a shape corresponding to an arc of a circle characterized in that outer carrier (86, 120) is adapted to be mounted to a vehicle chassis and the inner carrier (56, 117A) is mountable to a vehicle axle shaft.
Claims22
A spring suspension assembly for a vehicle which has a plurality of spring elements which are attached to an inner carrier and an outer carrier respectively wherein respective arrays of the spring elements are oriented in opposing or counteracting orientation and each spring element has a shape substantially corresponding to an arc of a circle characterised in that said outer carrier includes a housing adapted to be non-rotatably mounted to a vehicle chassis and said inner carrier is mountable to a vehicle axle or shaft such that the arrays of spring elements can be rotated relative to the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.