Integral spring damper and cross member

US6726229B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Meritor Light Vehicle Technology, LLC · US

Inventors

• Mark Smith · Troy, US
• Daniel E. Whitney · Arlington, US
• Robert P. Carlstedt · Rochester Hills, US
• Eric Stephen Geib · Fenton, US
• Steven M. Foster · Rochester, US
• Richard M. Clisch · Canton, US
• Shan Shih · Troy, US
• Juan Jose Marcos Munoz · Figueres, ES

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 2, 2002
• Grant date: Apr 27, 2004
• Expiry date: Jan 2, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60G2204/4504
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A suspension assembly for a motor vehicle includes upper and lower control arms pivotally attached to a frame member of the vehicle. A knuckle arm pivotally attaches to the upper and lower control arms moves along a substantially vertical axis in response to wheel movement caused by an uneven road surface. An actuation link is attached to one of the control arms at one end and to a damper assembly at another end. The damper assembly is disposed substantially within the frame member along a second axis transverse to vertical movement of the wheel and is actuated along the transverse axis in response movement of the control arm along the substantially vertical axis.