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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 1984
Filed:
Dec. 06, 1982
Applicant:
Inventors:
James M Dawson, Ortonville, MI (US);
David J Taylor, Pontiac, MI (US);
Assignee:
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
280432 ; 105-3 ; 105 / ; 105 18 ; 1881 / ; 280403 ; 280424 ; 280492 ;
Abstract
A damping system having a fluid-operated friction device located at the hinge connection of an articulated vehicle that provides progressively increased damping to movements about the yaw axis after the speed of the vehicle increases beyond a predetermined speed.