Vehicle wheel suspension and drive

Claim 1

IN A SUSPENSION SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE: A VEHICLE BODY HAVING A FLOOR PANEL AND A HOLLOW BEAM RIGID THEREWITH AND PROJECTING UPWARDLY THEREFROM AND EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY THEREOF; SAID BODY ALSO HAVING A SIDE WALL DISPOSED OUTWARDLY FROM THE BEAM AND PROJECTING UPWARDLY FROM THE FLOOR PANEL TO PROVIDE A POCKET AREA IN THE BODY; ALIGNED BEARING MEMBERS IN THE BEAM AND SIDE WALL; AN ARM HAVING ONE END ROTATIVELY CARRIED BY SOME OF THE BEARING MEMBERS; A WHEEL CARRYING BACKING PLATE ANCHORED TO THE ARM AT THE END REMOTE FROM THE END CARRIED BY THE BEARING MEMBERS; A WHEEL ROTATIVELY CARRIED ON THE WHEEL CARRYING BACKING PLATE; A TORSION BAR EXTENDING THROUGH THE SIDE WALL AND THROUGH THE BEAM AND HAVING ONE OF ITS ENDS NON-ROTATIVELY CONNECTED TO THE ARM AND ITS OTHER END ROTATIVELY SUPPORTED BY ONE OF THE BEARING MEMBERS IN THE BEAM; SAID FLOOR PANEL HAVING AN OPENING THEREIN AND FORMING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE HOLLOW BEAM A SECOND POCKET AREA; MEANS IN THE SECOND POCKET AREA AND HAVING CONNECTION TO THE TORSION BAR FOR ROTATING SAME TO ADJUST THE HEIGHT OF THE VEHICLE BODY RELATIVE TO THE WHEEL; A DRIVEN SHAFT SPACED FROM THE TORSION BAR AND EXTENDING THROUGH THE BEAM IN THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE BODY AND BEING DRIVINGLY CONNECTED TO THE WHEEL; DRIVE MECHANISM CARRIED ON THE VEHICLE BODY FOR DRIVING THE DRIVEN SHAFT.