INDEPENDENT WHEEL SUSPENSION SYSTEM USING THRUST BEARING CONSTANT VELOCITY UNIVERSAL DRIVE JOINTS, BENDING AND TORSIONAL RESISTANCE SUSPENSION MEMBERS AND A TRANSVERSELY PIVOTABLE DIFFERENTIAL

摘要

ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSUREAn independent wheel suspension system having a differential withan output axis therethrough, the differential being coupled to a transversesupport tube pivotable about a transverse axis therethrough and by aninboard constant velocity universal joint to a wheel assembly, the wheelassembly being coupled by an arm to a torsion rod carried by the transversesupport tube and pivotable about a swing axis through the inboard constantvelocity universal joint, whereby the differential is adapted to pivot rela-tive to each of the output, the transverse and the swing axes.