United States Patent
US Patent 5046753: Rear suspension system adjustable to make the…
US 5046753 · granted 1991-09-10
| Patent Number | 5046753 |
|---|---|
| Title | Rear suspension system adjustable to make the rear wheels assume a predetermined toe alignment during cornering without effecting the wheels camber angle setting |
| Filed | 1989-12-26 |
| Granted | 1991-09-10 |
| Inventor(s) | John Giovanni |
| Assignee | Individual |
| CPC Classification | B60G11/08, B60G11/00, B60G11/02 |
| Number of Claims | 2 |
Abstract
An independent rear wheel suspension system having top and bottom parallel struts which are linked to a control arm and which make each rear wheel produce predetermined cornering toe alignment with no effective change to the camber angle of the wheels. The angle of the struts at rest as viewed in reference to a leveled ground plane is used to predetermine the wheels’ toe change during cornering. The limits of wheels’ toe change are conditional to the spring rate acting on each rear wheel. The camber angle and the cornering toe alignment of the wheels can be adjusted independently from each other.
Claims Summary
1. In a suspension and final drive system for a rear wheel assembly of a motor vehicle comprising:a control arm extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, said control arm having a front portion connected to a frame of the vehicle and a rear portion connected to the wheel assembly;