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 wheel rotation axis, a wheel link, and a shock absorber, wherein said wheel link floating pivot is concentric with said wheel rotation axis.
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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 wheel rotation axis, a wheel link, and a shock absorber, wherein said wheel link floating pivot is concentric with said wheel rotation axis.
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79. A suspension system for a vehicle comprising a wheel link floating pivot, a wheel rotation axis, a wheel link, a control link and a shock absorber, wherein said wheel link floating pivot is nearly concentric with said wheel rotation axis and where said wheel link and said control link are arranged so that an instant force center of the suspension system is located below the control link when the suspension is uncompressed and the vehicle is on even ground.
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85. A suspension system for a vehicle comprising a wheel link floating 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, and wherein force is transmitted to said shock absorber through said brake link.
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Current AssigneeDavid Weagle
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Original AssigneeDavid Weagle
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InventorsWeagle, David
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US Class Current280/124.1
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CPC Class CodesB60G 2204/421 Pivoted lever mechanisms fo...B60G 2300/12 Cycles; MotorcyclesB62K 25/286 the shock absorber being co...
