Anti-rock installation for motor homes
US4168844A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 21, 1977 |
| Grant date | Sep 25, 1979 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 21, 1997 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60G15/06
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Apparatus for the installation on motor homes to greatly reduce rocking, that is, repeated tilting of the rear of the vehicle from one side to the other. The installation includes an auxiliary pair of shock absorbers installed so that the lower end of each shock absorber lies under the leaf spring of the vehicle and the other end lies at the inner side of the longitudinal beam at the under side of the vehicle, to enable a long shock absorber to be installed that extends in a largely lateral direction. It has been found that such auxiliary shock absorbers extending at an angle of about 30.degree. from the vertical, produce a large and unexpected deduction in rocking of motor home type vehicles that have long rearward overhangs behind the wheels.
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