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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2006
Adam J. Schlangen, Rush City, MN (US);
Jeffrey D. Bennett, Roseau, MN (US);
Brian T. Utter, Greenbush, MN (US);
Stephen L. Nelson, Osceola, MN (US);
Louis J. Brady, Wyoming, MN (US);
Adam J. Schlangen, Rush City, MN (US);
Jeffrey D. Bennett, Roseau, MN (US);
Brian T. Utter, Greenbush, MN (US);
Stephen L. Nelson, Osceola, MN (US);
Louis J. Brady, Wyoming, MN (US);
Polaris Industries Inc., Medina, MN (US);
Abstract
An independent rear suspension for a vehicle having a chassis and a pair of rear wheels including a pair of IRS units. Each IRS unit includes an X-shaped lower control arm with a forward pivot connection to the chassis in front of the centerline of the driven sprocket and a rearward pivot connection behind the centerline, and a camber link connected to the chassis at a single pivot connection behind the centerline. Each IRS unit also includes a shock absorber coupled with an anti-sway bar to the lower control arm at a mount, and including a secondary spring in series with a main spring.