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Suspension system for automotive vehicles

US4327927A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 19, 1980
Grant dateMay 4, 1982
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Expiry dateSep 19, 2000

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60G2204/41
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In a suspension system for an automotive vehicle which comprises a longitudinal shaft fixedly mounted on the vehicle body structure along the fore-and-aft axis, a control arm of the so-called "A" type swingably supported at one end thereof from the shaft by means of a pair of front and rear rubber bushes, and a pair of retainer plates fixed to front and rear ends of the shaft and arranged to receive a load acting on the control arm in the forward or rearward direction through a portion of the respective rubber bushes for restricting forward or rearward displacement of the control arm, a stopper member is secured to the rear portion of the control arm and straddling the rear end of the shaft with a predetermined clearance, the stopper member being brought into engagement with the rear end of the shaft when the load acting on the control arm is larger than a predetermined value.

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