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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Derek K. Warinner, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
James Korson, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Assignee:
International Truck Intellectual Property Company, LLC, Warrenville, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60G 1/146 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60G 1/146 ;
Abstract
A novel suspension-system for a vehicle has two or more leaf-spring groups that vertically support a portion of the weight of a suspended structure of the vehicle. The novel suspension-system further includes pneumatic springs that are engaged to spring-support components of the novel suspension-system and also the suspended structure supported by the novel suspension-system in such a manner that the pneumatic springs assist the leaf-spring groups of the novel suspension system in vertically supporting the weight of the suspended structure.