Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Seiji Kasai

Toshihiko Aoyama

Goro Urushiyama

Noriyuki Takahashi

Shoichi Sano

Tokuro Takaoka

A device including a torsion bar rotatably mounted on the vehicle frame transversely thereof and a pair of rock arms extending integrally from the opposite ends of the torsion bar at right angles thereto and connected with a right and a left wheel, respectively. An abutment arm is fixed to the torsion bar at the middle thereof and engageable with a stop pad provided on the vehicle frame, when either or both of the wheels are moved down, to restrain further downward movement thereof. Thus, the spring rate of air springs associated with the respective wheels is in effect increased as the loads thereon are reduced, particularly in a lower load region.

Characteristic compensating device for air springs for automotive

A wheel suspension apparatus in which respective knuckles of a pair of left and right wheels are supported on a frame of the vehicle body through respective radius rods extending forwardly and respective shock absorbers extending upwardly, the knuckles being pivotably connected to respective swingable lower arms extending inwardly and interconnected at their inner ends to form a transversely extending integral rigid shaft which is supported on the vehicle body frame through a Panhard rod.

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Oi, Japan

Seiji Kasai