Vehicle suspension with rigid torque beam

USRE32486E · kind E · reissue

Inventor

• John E. Raidel · Springfield, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 8, 1987
• Grant date: Sep 1, 1987
• Expiry date: Jul 8, 2007

Classification

• Technology area (CPC —): General

Abstract

A vehicle suspension of a type generally disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 3,801,086, especially adapted to dropframe vehicles, wherein a torque beam is formed to straddle the frame of the vehicle and be attached through a resilient bushing to the web of the frame, all of which gives a controlled spring to the vehicle as well as an accommodation for the tilting of the axle about a longitudinal axis of the vehicle.