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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:
Feb. 10, 1987
Filed:
Jul. 24, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
Thomas G Reichenbach, Livonia, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
280772 ; 267 57 ; 280700 ; 280721 ;
Abstract
A suspension system for a vehicle includes a suspension component pivoted to the chassis of the vehicle, a torsion bar attached at its first end to the suspension component and rotatably mounted at its second end to the chassis of the vehicle, and means for selectively restraining the rotation of the second end of the torsion bar relative to the chassis so as to urge the vehicle to maintain a level attitude.