Means connecting a commercial vehicle axle with the chassis

US5087022A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG · DE

Inventors

• Gerhard Rieck · Hersbruck, DE
• Ingo Scholly · Hersbruck, DE
• Armin Mertens · Munich, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 31, 1989
• Grant date: Feb 11, 1992
• Expiry date: Mar 31, 2009

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60G2300/02
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An elastic coupling system to increase the permissible axle loading of a commercial vehicle without increasing the space needed for the main spring and without changing the road holding properties when the vehicle is traveling empty. A spring and a shock absorber are arranged in a common housing coaxially. This spring and shock absorber unit may be in combination with further springs or shock absorbers for connecting the axle with the chassis of the vehicle.