Body leveling suspension including a pivoting arrangement

US5865444A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Deere & Company · US

Inventors

• Bernd Kempf · Alzenau, DE
• Heinrich Scheid · Blieskastel, DE
• Wolfgang Roth · Zweibrücken, DE
• Klaus H. Pauli · Homburg, DE
• Wolfgang VonMeltzing · Blieskastel, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 2, 1997
• Grant date: Feb 2, 1999
• Expiry date: Oct 2, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S180/905
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle (10) intended for operation on level ground is equipped with a chassis (22) and a wheel carrier (50) on which a wheel (12) is supported. In order to operate the vehicle (10) on an incline, a pivoting arrangement (44) is inserted between the wheel carrier (50) and the chassis (22). The pivoting arrangement comprises a mount (52), a pivot arm (54) mounted therein and an actuating arrangement (56) to move the pivot arm (54). The attachment points on the chassis (22) or on a support (46) spaced at a distance thereto and on the wheel carrier (50) are configured in such a way that the wheel carrier (50) can be directly attached to the chassis (22) or to the pivoting arrangement (44).