Vehicle suspension systems for seperated acceleration responses
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1. A suspension system for a vehicle comprising a wheel link floating pivot, a control link fixed pivot, a wheel rotation axis, a wheel link, a brake link and a shock absorber, wherein said wheel link floating pivot is concentric with said wheel rotation axis;
- wherein said shock absorber is mounted to a link selected from the group consisting of a brake link, a control link, and a wheel link;
wherein said shock absorber is selected from the group consisting of a compression gas spring, a leaf spring, a coil spring, and a fluid; and
wherein force that compresses said shock absorber is transmitted through said brake link; and
wherein said brake link passes on two sides of a frame member.
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Abstract
The invention relates to suspension systems comprising, in certain embodiments, a pivoting means concentric to a wheel rotation axis so that braking forces can be controlled by placement of an instant force center, and so that acceleration forces can be controlled by a swinging wheel link.
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1. A suspension system for a vehicle comprising a wheel link floating pivot, a control link fixed pivot, a wheel rotation axis, a wheel link, a brake link and a shock absorber, wherein said wheel link floating pivot is concentric with said wheel rotation axis;
- wherein said shock absorber is mounted to a link selected from the group consisting of a brake link, a control link, and a wheel link;
wherein said shock absorber is selected from the group consisting of a compression gas spring, a leaf spring, a coil spring, and a fluid; and
wherein force that compresses said shock absorber is transmitted through said brake link; and
wherein said brake link passes on two sides of a frame member. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
- wherein said shock absorber is mounted to a link selected from the group consisting of a brake link, a control link, and a wheel link;
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22. A suspension system for a vehicle comprising a wheel link floating pivot, a control link fixed pivot, a wheel rotation axis, a wheel link, a brake link, a control link and a shock absorber, wherein said wheel link floating pivot is concentric with said wheel rotation axis and where said wheel link and said control link are arranged so that an instant center of the suspension system is located below the control link when the suspension is uncompressed and the vehicle is on even ground;
- wherein said shock absorber is mounted to a link selected from the group consisting of a brake link, a control link, and a wheel link;
wherein force that compresses said shock absorber is transmitted though said brake link;
wherein said shock absorber is selected from the group consisting of a compression gas spring, a leaf spring, a coil spring, and a fluid; and
wherein said suspension system further comprises a wheel link fixed pivot, a control link floating pivot and a control link fixed pivot. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
- wherein said shock absorber is mounted to a link selected from the group consisting of a brake link, a control link, and a wheel link;
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43. A suspension system for a vehicle comprising a wheel link floating pivot, a control link fixed pivot, a wheel rotation axis, a wheel link, a brake link, and a shock absorber, wherein said wheel link floating pivot is concentric with said wheel rotation axis, wherein said shock absorber is selected from the group consisting of a compression gas spring, a leaf spring, a coil spring, and a fluid;
- and wherein force is transmitted to said shock absorber through said brake link;
wherein said brake link passes on two sides of a frame member. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64)
- and wherein force is transmitted to said shock absorber through said brake link;
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