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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2001
Ragnar Ledesma, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Lawrence Brill, Westerville, OH (US);
Steven E. Hunter, Lancaster, OH (US);
Malcolm Green, Granville, OH (US);
Duy Lam, Baltimore, OH (US);
Mike Schuster, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Tomaz Dopico Varela, Gahanna, OH (US);
Ragnar Ledesma, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Lawrence Brill, Westerville, OH (US);
Steven E. Hunter, Lancaster, OH (US);
Malcolm Green, Granville, OH (US);
Duy Lam, Baltimore, OH (US);
Mike Schuster, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Tomaz Dopico Varela, Gahanna, OH (US);
Meritor Heavy Vehicle Technology, LLC, Troy, MI (US);
Abstract
An independent suspension undercarriage module includes a first subframe segment and a second subframe segment. The subframe is manufactured of a composite material to provide a truss-like structural unibody which is mounted as a unit to the underside of a low floor vehicle through a plurality of resilient dampers. Passengers are thereby provided with a secondary vibration isolation structure separate from the suspension systems which filter out high frequency content generated by the suspension systems.