"What can be more palpably absurd than the prospect held out of locomotives traveling twice as fast as stagecoaches?"
The Quarterly Review ; March edition, 1825
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7204340 | Tractor rear suspension A tractor has sprung left and right rear suspensions, each suspension including a suspension arm pivotally coupled to the tractor chassis to pivot about a pivot point. A planetary gear system is fixed to the suspension arm having a sun gear driven by the engine and ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7077409 | Vehicle suspension A commercial vehicle with a technically simple single wheel suspension for the wheels mounted in wheel supports, guaranteeing safe protection of the cardan shaft driving the wheels from harmful influences, includes a wheel support (8; 33), which ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7070177 | Sandwich design of four bag suspension for bus and coach rear drive axles A suspension assembly comprises four springs spaced at four distinct locations. A first plate extends to support each of the springs at each location. An axle is connected to the first plate. ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7048087 | External shaft low floor drive axle assembly An inverted portal drive axle includes an off-center driving input that is coupled to first and second axle shafts. The first axle shaft drives a first gear box that is coupled to a first wheel assembly. The second axle shaft extends underneath a vehicle floor and d... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6929084 | Suspension module for use with an independent suspension including semi-trailing arms with airbag supports A suspension module for use with an independent suspension system includes a subframe having a pair of subframe rails and a bridge supported therebetween. A pair of semi-trailing arms are pivotally attached to the subframe rails. Each semi-trailing arm includes an a... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6267197 | Axle shaft spacer member An axle shaft spacer member for use with a suspension lift kit. The spacer member enables the wheel spindle of a vehicle to be moved laterally a desired distance, which in turn enables the upper control arms associated with the wheel spindle to be lowered... | 07/31/2001 |
| 5433287 | Axle assembly for vehicles in portal arrangement A driven axle assembly for a vehicle includes a center housing, suspension elements connecting the center housing to the vehicle, a main drive arranged in the center housing, side drives arranged on outer ends of the center housing, and wheel hub units co... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5188195 | Vehicle driving wheel suspension system A driving wheel suspension system for a vehicle such as a passenger car, a van or a light or heavy truck or bus, which includes a pair of wheel support assemblies each of which consists of a leaf spring lying parallel to the vehicle's drive shaft and a wh... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5012885 | Rear wheel suspension and steering system The present invention relates to a rear wheel suspension and steering system utilizing a rectilinear shape dead axle of the type wherein a differential mechanism is mounted directly to a vehicle body structure and delivers driving power to vehicle wheels ... | 05/07/1991 |
| 4362221 | Vehicle drive wheel suspension A wheel and engine support system comprising a vehicle body-mounted differential and swing-type live axles connected to the driving wheels, a dead axle in the form of a rack consisting of two cross members spaced fore and aft of the differential and two l... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4343375 | Vehicle drive wheel suspension A vehicle with body-mounted differential and swing-type live axles connected to the driving wheels has a dead axle in the form of a rack consisting of two cross-members spaced fore and aft of the differential and two longitudinally extending wheel bearing... | 08/10/1982 |
| 3952824 | Rigid rear axle for motor vehicles A rigid rear axle for motor vehicles, especially for passenger motor vehicles, whose wheels are driven by way of drive shafts from a rear axle gear supported at a frame or the like; the axle member is thereby suspended by a vehicle part such as the frame ... | 04/27/1976 |