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Air assist suspension

US8967631B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Papé Machinery, Inc. · US

Inventors

Dennis R. Solbrack · Colfax, US
Christopher Wood · Rainham, GB

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 14, 2013
Grant date	Mar 3, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 16, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60G2500/20
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Representative implementations of devices and techniques provide an air assist suspension, for use in a wide range of vehicles and implements having multiple axles (such as agricultural equipment). The air assist suspension uses one or more air bags (e.g., fluid-filled bladders, containers, pistons, and the like) to assist in adjusting the loading of the implement with respect to the multiple axles. In one embodiment, the air assist suspension also uses one or more rocker assemblies, coupled to the air bag(s) and coupled to the axles.

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