The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Sep. 21, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 17, 1998
Manfred Carl Rumpel, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Joseph Walter Neal, Detroit, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A rear suspension has a hub carrier (12) to which a wheel of a vehicle may be rotatably mounted, and a suspension arm (16) pivotally interconnecting the hub carrier to a chassis. The suspension arm includes a crank portion (50) located between the interconnections to the hub carrier and the chassis. The crank portion extends radially outward from the suspension arm and includes a crank end (52) disposed a first predetermined distance outward from the suspension arm. The suspension also includes a shock absorber (56) having a first end (55) pivotally attached to the crank end (52) of the suspension arm (16) and a second end (58) pivotally attached to the chassis.