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US3278196A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Wheel suspension

Assignee: Daimler Benz AG
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Filing: 1964-10-12
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Granted: 1966-10-11
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Expires: 1984-10-12
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Friedrich H Van Winsen

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-01 18:23
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60G; B60G3/00; B60G3/18; B60G3/20; B60G21/00; B60G21/02; B60G21/04; B60G21/05; B60G21/055; B60G2200/00; B60G2200/10; B60G2200/14; B60G2200/141; B60G2200/144; B60G2200/40; B60G2200/44

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 253 words
A WHEEL SUSPENSION FOR THE STEERABLE FRONT WHEELS OF MOTOR VEHICLES HAVING A VEHICLE SUPERSTRUCTURE, ESPECIALLY REAR ENGINE VEHICLES, COMPRISING FOR EACH WHEEL: TWO GUIDE MEANS DISPOSED ONE ABOVE THE OTHER, WHEEL CARRIER MEANS, JOINT MEANS PIVOTALLY CONNECTING SAID WHEEL CARRIER MEANS WITH SAID GUIDE MEANS, SPRING MEANS FOR SUSPENSION OF THE WHEEL RELATIVE TO THE SUPERSTRUCTURE FROM A LOWER TO AN UPPER LIMIT OF SUSPENSION AND BEARING SUPPORT MEANS ROTATABLY SUPPORTING SAID GUIDE MEANS AT THE VEHICLE SUPERSTRUCTURE ABOUT NONPARALLEL BEARING AXES, THE LOWER GUIDE MEANS BEING CONSTRUCTED ESSENTIALLY AS TRANSVERSE GUIDE STRUCTURE HAVING AN APPROXIMATELY HORIZONTAL BEARING AXIS, THE UPPER GUIDE MEANS BEING CONSTRUCTED ESSENTIALLY AS LONGITUDINAL GUIDE STRUCTURE HAVING A BEARING AXIS LOCATED BEHIND THE WHEEL AND EXTENDING WITH RESPECT TO THE VEHICLE LONGITUDINAL AND TRANSVERSE DIRECTIONS AS WELL AS WITH RESPECT TO THE HORIZONTAL IN SUCH A MANNER THAT THE INSTANTANEOUS CENTER AT THE MEAN POSITION OF SUSPENSION OF THE WHEEL FOR THE MOVEMENTS OF THE WHEEL CARRIER MEANS LIES AT A REARWARDLY DISPOSED POINT AT A HEIGHT WITHIN THE RANGE OF THE HEIGHT OF THE WHEEL CENTER, THE BEARING AXIS OF THE UPPER GUIDE MEANS INTERSECTING THE VERTICAL VEHICLE TRANSVERSE PLANE OF THE UPPER JOINT MEANS AT A FIRST POINT LOCATED ABOVE A SECOND POINT FORMED BY THE INTERSECTION OF THE BEARING AXIS OF THE LOWER GUIDE MEANS WITH THE TRANSVERSE PLANE OF THE LOWER JOINT MEANS, SAID FIRST JOINT BEING LOCATED IN THE SPACE BETWEEN THE SECOND POINT AND THE CENTRAL VERTICAL LONGITUDINAL PLANE OF THE VEHICLE.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 253 words
A WHEEL SUSPENSION FOR THE STEERABLE FRONT WHEELS OF MOTOR VEHICLES HAVING A VEHICLE SUPERSTRUCTURE, ESPECIALLY REAR ENGINE VEHICLES, COMPRISING FOR EACH WHEEL: TWO GUIDE MEANS DISPOSED ONE ABOVE THE OTHER, WHEEL CARRIER MEANS, JOINT MEANS PIVOTALLY CONNECTING SAID WHEEL CARRIER MEANS WITH SAID GUIDE MEANS, SPRING MEANS FOR SUSPENSION OF THE WHEEL RELATIVE TO THE SUPERSTRUCTURE FROM A LOWER TO AN UPPER LIMIT OF SUSPENSION AND BEARING SUPPORT MEANS ROTATABLY SUPPORTING SAID GUIDE MEANS AT THE VEHICLE SUPERSTRUCTURE ABOUT NONPARALLEL BEARING AXES, THE LOWER GUIDE MEANS BEING CONSTRUCTED ESSENTIALLY AS TRANSVERSE GUIDE STRUCTURE HAVING AN APPROXIMATELY HORIZONTAL BEARING AXIS, THE UPPER GUIDE MEANS BEING CONSTRUCTED ESSENTIALLY AS LONGITUDINAL GUIDE STRUCTURE HAVING A BEARING AXIS LOCATED BEHIND THE WHEEL AND EXTENDING WITH RESPECT TO THE VEHICLE LONGITUDINAL AND TRANSVERSE DIRECTIONS AS WELL AS WITH RESPECT TO THE HORIZONTAL IN SUCH A MANNER THAT THE INSTANTANEOUS CENTER AT THE MEAN POSITION OF SUSPENSION OF THE WHEEL FOR THE MOVEMENTS OF THE WHEEL CARRIER MEANS LIES AT A REARWARDLY DISPOSED POINT AT A HEIGHT WITHIN THE RANGE OF THE HEIGHT OF THE WHEEL CENTER, THE BEARING AXIS OF THE UPPER GUIDE MEANS INTERSECTING THE VERTICAL VEHICLE TRANSVERSE PLANE OF THE UPPER JOINT MEANS AT A FIRST POINT LOCATED ABOVE A SECOND POINT FORMED BY THE INTERSECTION OF THE BEARING AXIS OF THE LOWER GUIDE MEANS WITH THE TRANSVERSE PLANE OF THE LOWER JOINT MEANS, SAID FIRST JOINT BEING LOCATED IN THE SPACE BETWEEN THE SECOND POINT AND THE CENTRAL VERTICAL LONGITUDINAL PLANE OF THE VEHICLE.

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