Pneumatic shock absorber device of the vibrations and shocks, for motor vehicles and other applications

摘要

21,587. Cox, C. H. Sept. 16. Springs, arrangement of and mounting bodies and undercarriages on; guiding vertical play.- Relates to pneumatic springs for motor-vehicles, seats, and other purposes, of the kind having flexible bodies connected to a reservoir and placed between upper and lower deforming- members. In the application to the front wheels of a vehicle, shown in Fig. 1, the hollow flexible springs 21 are arranged between upper and lower convex surfaces 19, 20 carried by brackets or supports 17, 18 connected respectively to the axle and frame. The axle is connected to the frame by bars 13, 14, the bar 13 being connected to the frame by a link 15. In the modification shown in end elevation in Fig. 4, the supports 34 for the upper convex members are slidably held in grooves 35 formed in a transverse bar 36. The bar 36 may be connected to the axle directly, or by means of the ordinary springs 38.