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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 1986
Filed:
Mar. 05, 1984
Werner Krude, Grosse Pointe Park, MI (US);
Daniel W Hazebrook, Detroit, MI (US);
GKN Automotive Components Inc., Southfield, MI (US);
Abstract
An independent wheel suspension system having at least two indispensable suspension members, the first of which includes two couplings one of which is a constant velocity universal joint connected by a drive shaft to the other coupling, the balls of the constant velocity universal joint carrying driving torque and the inner and outer members of the constant velocity universal joint carrying thrust loads generated externally of the constant velocity universal joint, both indispensable suspension members swinging about the articulation axis of the constant velocity universal joint about a swing axis therethrough and a pivot supporting the second indispensable suspension member from the vehicle frame.