USRE21605E - Body suspension for vehicles of all kinds - Google Patents

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USRE21605E
USRE21605E US25770232E USRE21605E US RE21605 E USRE21605 E US RE21605E US 25770232 E US25770232 E US 25770232E US RE21605 E USRE21605 E US RE21605E
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60G—VEHICLE SUSPENSION ARRANGEMENTS
    • B60G11/00—Resilient suspensions characterised by arrangement, location or kind of springs
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60G—VEHICLE SUSPENSION ARRANGEMENTS
    • B60G11/00—Resilient suspensions characterised by arrangement, location or kind of springs
    • B60G11/006—Centrally located spring units, e.g. all wheels being connected to a common spring unit
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60G—VEHICLE SUSPENSION ARRANGEMENTS
    • B60G11/00—Resilient suspensions characterised by arrangement, location or kind of springs
    • B60G11/02—Resilient suspensions characterised by arrangement, location or kind of springs having leaf springs only
    • B60G11/08—Resilient suspensions characterised by arrangement, location or kind of springs having leaf springs only arranged substantially transverse to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60G—VEHICLE SUSPENSION ARRANGEMENTS
    • B60G21/00—Interconnection systems for two or more resiliently-suspended wheels, e.g. for stabilising a vehicle body with respect to acceleration, deceleration or centrifugal forces
    • B60G21/005—Interconnection systems for two or more resiliently-suspended wheels, e.g. for stabilising a vehicle body with respect to acceleration, deceleration or centrifugal forces transversally
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60G—VEHICLE SUSPENSION ARRANGEMENTS
    • B60G2202/00—Indexing codes relating to the type of spring, damper or actuator
    • B60G2202/10—Type of spring
    • B60G2202/11—Leaf spring
    • B60G2202/114—Leaf spring transversally arranged
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60G—VEHICLE SUSPENSION ARRANGEMENTS
    • B60G2204/00—Indexing codes related to suspensions per se or to auxiliary parts
    • B60G2204/10—Mounting of suspension elements
    • B60G2204/12—Mounting of springs or dampers
    • B60G2204/121—Mounting of leaf springs
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60G—VEHICLE SUSPENSION ARRANGEMENTS
    • B60G2204/00—Indexing codes related to suspensions per se or to auxiliary parts
    • B60G2204/10—Mounting of suspension elements
    • B60G2204/12—Mounting of springs or dampers
    • B60G2204/127—Mounting of springs or dampers with the mounting of springs or dampers moving so that the direction of the related force vector can be changed, thus contributing to a variation of the loading of the wheel
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60G—VEHICLE SUSPENSION ARRANGEMENTS
    • B60G2204/00—Indexing codes related to suspensions per se or to auxiliary parts
    • B60G2204/40—Auxiliary suspension parts; Adjustment of suspensions
    • B60G2204/421—Pivoted lever mechanisms for mounting suspension elements, e.g. Watt linkage
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60G—VEHICLE SUSPENSION ARRANGEMENTS
    • B60G2800/00—Indexing codes relating to the type of movement or to the condition of the vehicle and to the end result to be achieved by the control action
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  • This invention relates to a device for tilting the body of vehicles of all kinds, especially of motor vehicles going around curves.
  • the occupants of the vehicle are forced towards one side of the vehicle because of the centrifugal force'developed as the vehicle rounds the curve.
  • links are provided as a connection between the body and the wheel supporting means. These movable transversely to the direction of travel of the'vehicle, and are hingedly connected directly orindirectly with the body at one end, and with the wheel supporting means, which may take the form of an underirame or merely to the axle assembly, at the j other end.
  • Fig. 1 is alias-diagram illustrating one desirable arrangement
  • Pig. 2 is a front elevational view of a vehicle embodying the linkage illustrated in'the line diagramofl ig.l
  • Fig. 3 is a plan view of a vehicle embodying the invention.
  • the links are articulated or pivoted on each side of the front and rear wheel supporting means or axles I.
  • links in the example illustrated, are subdivided into two sections 3, l2 and I. II, respectively, the ends or the sections it and II being hingedly connected at It and it to the body of the vehicle indicated at It.
  • the sections I and 5 of-thelinks are hingedly connected at one end at 'l' and 5 0, respectively, to the wheel supporting means or axle assemblies I and may be hingedly connected at Inland II to the sections l2 and it, respectively, which, as pointed out above, are hingedly connected to the body ll of the vehicle.
  • the links interconnecting the body and the wheel supporting means or axles are, as illustrated, hingedly connected in such a manner that the axis 0! the pivotal connection lies in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle.
  • Guide rods which may be constructed in various manners may be provided to ensure the mutual dependency of movement of the two sections of the levers I and I2. and I and II. respectively. These guide rods may take the form of links 2 and 4 pivotally mounted to the wheel supporting means at t and 8, respectively, and
  • the device operates in the following manner.
  • the body I is at all times resiliently supported bythe springs lid and llainterposed between the body and the wheel supporting means.
  • the body swings 6 outwardly away from the center of the curve about the pivoted 'or hinge connections positioned between the body and the wheel supporting means under the influence of centrifugal force. for example, in the direction indicated by 10 the'arrow on Fig. 1.
  • the links guide the outward movement of the body and quite naturally guide the body into an inclined or banked position.
  • the stop member "prevents the link l from'swinsing out- 15 wardly about the point I.
  • the body II will springs II which yieldlngly urge the rocker levers II back into alignment with the links I, thereby ezertingaforceontheouterendsofthelcversfl Q through the elbow levers.
  • curve because the angle of inclination of the bod is dependent on the centrifugal force developed which in turn is dependent on the radius of the curve and the speed at which the curve is negm tiated.
  • a device for inclining the body of vehicles of all kinds especially motor vehicles, when negotiating curves comprising in combination with the body and the wheel supporting means of the vehicle, two pairs'of link systems, each link system comprising at least one bar, one of said pairs of link systems arranged at the rear end and the other at the front end of the vehicle with a wheel supporting means, the link systems of.
  • each pair pivotally connected a constant distance apart at their lower ends to the wheel supporting means and at their upper ends to said body at points closer together than the connecting points of the lower ends of said link systems, and springs adapted to normally maintain thecar body in horizontal position, the axes of the pivotal connections between said links and said body and also between said links and said wheel supporting means lying in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle so that said link systems oscillate only in the transverse direction of the vehicle against the action of said springs on the body and resilient means interposed between the body and wheels to absorb vertical impulses to which the wheels are subjected.
  • wheel supporting means consists of axles and "each link system includes two hingedly interconnected bars and meansconnected with each of said link systems and with the axles for guiding and restricting the movements of said link systems.
  • each link system includes two hingedly interconnected bars, and pairs of hingedly interconnected rods, each pair of rods being hingedly connected at one end to one of said axles and at its other end to one of said link systems and adapted to guide and restrict the movement of said link systems.
  • each link system includes a substantially vertical bar and a substantially horizontal bar, said horizontal barconsisting of blade springs.
  • each link system includes a substantially vertical .bar and a substantially horizontal bar, said horizontal bar consisting of blade springs, and means hingedly connected on the one hand with the body and on the other hand with the link system for preventing the edging of said springs.
  • connecting means between the front and rear axle assemblies a body, connecting means comprising links interposed between the longitudinally of the vehicle at their upper ends a, constant distance apart to the body and hingedly connected longitudinally of the vehicle at their lower ends a constant distance apart atthe frbntihdrearbeing spaced closer together link system of each pair adjacent an end of the 2.
  • thewheel supporting means consists of axles and i 5.
  • connecting means comprising front and rear links interposed between the body and axle assemblies and hingedly connected longitudinally. of the vehicle at their up-' per ends to the body and hingedly connected longitudinally of the vehicle at their lower ends to the axle assemblies, the connections to.
  • connecting means comprising links pivotally connected at their upper ends to the body and at their lower ends to wheel supporting means to move only transversely of the vehicle, the transverse dis-.
  • the transverse distance between the lower connections being greater than.
  • the transverse distance between the upper connections whereby the 4 7 body will assume an inclined position relative to the wheel supporting means whereby the side of the body on the inside of the curve is lowered whenthe vehicle is subjected to centrifugal forces resilient means urging the body towards the normal position relative to the wheel supporting means.
  • a vehicle comprising front and rear road engaging wheels, wheel supporting means, a body, link means interposed between the'wheel supporting means and body at the front and rear of the vehicle and having longitudinally extending hinge connections, the connections to the body being spaced closer together than the conv nections to the wheel'supporting means whereby the center of gravity of the body will lie within an imaginary triangle formed by lines extended through the hinge connecting points on the wheel supporting means and body and whereby the body will assume an inclined position relative to the wheel supporting means when subjected to lateral forces developed as the vehicle rounds a curve, and resilient means interposed between the body and wheels to' absorb certain vertical 13.
  • a vehicle comprising front and rear road engaging wheels, wheel supporting means, a body,
  • link means interposed between the wheel supporting means and-body at the front and rear of the vehicle and having longitudinally extending hinge connections.
  • the connections to the a body being spaced closer together than the connections to the wheel supporting means and said connections remaining a constant distance apart whereby the body will assume, an inclined position relative to the wheel supporting means when subjected to lateral forces developed as the vehicleroundsacurveresilientmeansasociated withthelinkstoprogressivelyurgethebodytoward its normal podtion relative to the wheel supporting means as the lateral force is reduced andresilientmeansbetweent'hebodyand wheels to absorb vertical shocks.
  • a vehicle comprising front and rear road engaging wheels. wheel interconnecting means associated withthewheels,abody.linkmeans interposed between the wheel interconnecting meansandbodyatthefrontandrearofthe vehicle and having longitpdinallyextending hinge connections, the to the body being spaced closer together than theconnections to the wheel interconnecting means whereby the body will assume an inclined position relative to the wheel interconnecting means when subjected to lateral forces developed as the vehicle rounds a curve, resilient means'associated with the links vpivotally connected at their upper ends to the to progressively urge the body toward its normal position relative to the wheel interconnecting means as the lateral force is reduced, and resilient means interposed between the, body and wheels to absorb vertical shockto which the wheels are subjected.
  • a body having a normal substantially upright position, paired angularly disposed links pivotally interconnecting the body with the front and rear'wheel supporting means, the upper ends of the links being closer together than the lower ends and the axis of the pivotal connections between the links and the body and between the links and the front and rear wheel supporting means lying in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and remaining a cmistant distance apart whereby the body may assume an inclinedpositionrelative to the wheel supporting means when subjected to lateral forces, and resilient means between the body and wheels to absorb vertical shock to which the wheels are subjected.
  • a body having a normal substantially upright position, paired angularly disposed links pivotally interconnecting the body with the front and rear wheel supporting means, the upper ends of the links being closer together than the lower ends and the axis of the pivotal connections between the links and the body and between the links and the front and rear wheel supporting means remaining a substantially constant distance apart and lying in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle whereby the body may assume an inclined position relative to the wheel supporting means accompanied by a lowering of the center of gravity of the body relative to the wheel supporting means when subjected to lateral forces, resilient means urging the bodytoward the normal position, and resilient means between the body and wheels to absorb vertical shocks.
  • connecting means betw the front and rear wheel supporting a body having a normal substantially upright position, paired angularly disposed links pivotally interconnecting the body with the front and rear wheel supporting means, the upper ends of thelinks being closer togetherthanthelowerendsandtheaxisofthe pivotalconnectionsbetweenthelinksandthe bodyandbetweenthelinksandthefrontandrear wheel supporting means lying in the longitudinal directionofthevehiclewherebythebodymay amimeaninclinedpositionrelativetothewheel supporting means accompanied by a lowering of the center of gravityof thebody relative to the .wheel supporting means when subjected to lateral forces, resilient means urging the body toward the normal position, and resilient means interposed between the body and the wheel supporting means to absorb impulses and shocks to which the wheels-are subjected.
  • a motor vehicle having front and rear road engaging wheels, means to support the wheels, a body, connecting means comprising links body and 'at their lower ends to wheel supporting means to move transversely only of the vehicle.
  • the transverse distance between the lower" connections remaining constant and being greaterthan the transverse distance between the upper connections whereby the body will assume an inclined position relative to the wheel supporting means when the vehicle is subjected to centrifugal forces, and resilient means between the body and wheels to absorb vertical shocks.
  • a motor vehicle comprising front and rear wheel supporting mechanisms; a body, angularly disposed means pivotaliy connected between the body and wheel supporting mechanism, the axes of the pivotal connections between'said means and the body and between said means and the wheel supporting mechanism remaining a constant distance apart and lying in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle whereby the body may assume an inclined position relative to the wheel supporting mechanism as the vehicle is subjected to lateraliorces, and resilient means associated with the wheel supporting mechanism to absorb vertical shocks to which the wheels are subjected.
  • a motor vehicle comprising-front and rear wheel supporting mechanism, a bbdy, angularly disposed means pivotally connected between the body and wheel supporting mechanism, the upper ends of said means being closer together than the lower ends and the axes of the pivotal connections between said means and the body and between said means and the wheel supporting mechanism remaining a substantially fixed distance apart and lying only in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle whereby the body may assume an inclined position relative to the wheel supporting mechanism as the vehicle is subjected to lateral forces, and resilient means associated with the wheel supporting mechanism to absorb vertical impulses to which the wheels are sub- :lected.
  • connecting means between the wheel supporting means and superstructure comprising links havlns pivoted connections extending longitudinally of thevehicle and connected to the superstructure a substantially constant transverse distance apart and connected to the wheel supportingmeans a substantially constant transverse distance apart, the transverse distance between the connections of the links to the superstructure being less than the transverse distance between the connections of the links to the wheel supporting means whereby the superstructure may assume an inclined or banked position transversely only relative to the wheel supporting means under the influence of lateral forces developed as the vehicle rounds a curve, and resilient means associated with the wheel supporting means' to absorb vertical shocks;
  • a vehicle having front and rear wheel supporting means, a superstructure, connecting means comprising motion transmitting means having pivoted connections extending longitudinally of the vehicle and interposed between the-front and rear wheel supporting means and superstructure, the motion transmitting means being connected a substantially constant transverse distance apart to the superstructure and being connected a substantially constant transverse distance apart to the wheel supporting means, the
  • transverse distance between the connections of the motion transmitting means to the super-- structure being less than the transverse distance between the connections of the motion transmitting means to the wheel supporting means whereby the superstructure may shift transversely only relative to the wheel supporting means underthe influence of lateral forces to vary its angular relation relative to the wheel supporting means to partially compensate the effect of centrifugal force exerted on the superstructure as the vehicle rounds a curve, and resilient means associated with the wheel supporting means to absorb vertical shocks.

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DEK124967D DE614779C (de) 1932-04-08 1932-04-08 Vorrichtung zum Schraegstellen des Wagenkastens
DEK138796D DE646618C (de) 1932-04-08 1935-07-31 Vorrichtung zum Schraegstellen des Wagenkastens an Kraftwagen beim Kurvenfahren
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US2676031A (en) * 1948-04-24 1954-04-20 Kolbe Joachim Inward banking vehicle with shock absorber control
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US2581030A (en) * 1947-01-17 1952-01-01 Kolbe Joachim Steering control for banking arm vehicles
US2660254A (en) * 1947-08-18 1953-11-24 Kolbe Joachim Inward banking vehicle with combined banking arm and pendulum axle construction
US2676031A (en) * 1948-04-24 1954-04-20 Kolbe Joachim Inward banking vehicle with shock absorber control
US5284353A (en) * 1989-12-15 1994-02-08 Yorozu Manufacturing Corporation Independent suspension

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