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Rear wheel suspension and steering system

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6768606
This patent describes an improvement in a rear wheel support and driving system. The system comprises a rack-type dead axle adapted to support a vehicle body thereupon through suitable spring means, a pair of wheels rotatably supported upon the dead axle, a differential drive mechanism adapted to be supported upon the vehicle body movable with the body relative to the dead axle, the differential mechanism including a power input shaft and power output shafts, a pair of live axles drivingly connecting the output shafts with the wheels. The dead axle being generally rectilinear in shape and having a first pair of longitudinal beams respectively transversely spaced outboard of the differential mechanism, a second pair of cross beams respectively spaced fore and aft of the differential mechanism and secured to the first pair of beams.
Assignee:
DLMA Transportation, Inc., Troy, MI (USA)
Patent Number(s):
US 4941543; A
Application Number:
PPN: US s 7-289027
OSTI ID:
6768606
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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