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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:
Jul. 13, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 11, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
David S Atkins, Broederstroom, ZA;
Assignee:
Terrapid Technologies CC, Broederstroom, ZA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60G / ; B60G / ; B60K / ; B62D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
180350 ; 180217 ; 180908 ; 280124169 ; 28012413 ; 280 432 ; 267257 ; 267281 ; 188 / ; 188 729 ;
Abstract
A suspension unit for each rear wheel of a motor powered off-road four wheeled vehicle comprising a suspension arrangement with the inner members constructed for mounting on a fixed shaft secured to the vehicle and the outer casing carrying a swing arm terminating in a swivel joint to be secured to a single rear wheel axle and a pair of such a units in combination with a drive chain and sprocket device for the single axle and a braking system having at least one disc brake for fixed mounting on the rear axle with caliper carried on an operating arm supported from a bearing to be mounted on the same axle.