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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2012
Brooks Strong, Houston, TX (US);
Joshua Cayne Fisher, Montgomery, TX (US);
Brooks Strong, Houston, TX (US);
Joshua Cayne Fisher, Montgomery, TX (US);
Other;
Abstract
A suspension system is disclosed that suspends a trailing axle with steerable wheels from the body of a motor vehicle with a carriage and a pair of actuators. The axle is directly suspended from the carriage and the actuators operate to establish the carriage and thereby the axle in a stowed condition on the vehicle body and in an active condition where the axle trails the vehicle at a substantial distance and is forced by the actuators to help support the vehicle. And the actuators are pivotally connected to the vehicle body at a location above the highest possible height of the center of gravity of the maximum allowable load supported by the vehicle body to thereby enhance vehicle roll stability with the trailing axle suspension system while providing for significant travel of the axle relative to the frame of the vehicle in accommodating road grade differences between the trailing axle wheels and the wheels of the primary axles normally supporting the vehicle frame and also blocking road surface produced shock forces on the trailing axle wheels from the vehicle body.