Wheel suspension

US4903985A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Muhr und Bender · DE

Inventors

• Karl-Heinz Muhr · Attendorn, DE
• Leo Schnaubelt · Haiger, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 11, 1988
• Grant date: Feb 27, 1990
• Expiry date: Oct 11, 2008

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60G2206/426
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A wheel suspension having a helical spring leg and transverse control with a shock absorber located inside of the spring arm is shown and described. The spring when in its unloaded state has an "S" shaped center line and may be curved in more than one plane. The center line of the spring when relaxed is not of a constant radius.