Abstract:
IN A VEHICLE SUSPENSION SYSTEM EACH WHEEL OF A PAIR IS ROTATABLY MOUNTED AT ONE END OF AN ARM, THE OTHER END OF WHICH IS PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON THE END OF A TRANSVERSE TUBULAR MEMBER. THE ARMS ARE SECURED TO THE OUTER ENDS OF A TORSION BAR MEANS EXTENDING WITHIN THE TRANSVERSE MEMBER AND SECURED TO THE MIDDLE OF THE TRANSVERSE MEMBER. THE TRANSVERSE MEMBER ITSELF IS CONNECTED TO THE
VEHICLE BODY THROUGH RESILIENT BLOCKS WHICH INSULATE THE VEHICLE BODY FROM VIBRATION FROM THE WHEELS AND ARMS AND ACT AS ADDITIONAL TORSION ELEMENTS.
Abstract:
The connecting device between a body and a sprung chassis of a vehicle of which the body fits freely in an aperture of the chassis comprises, at their interfitting portions, connecting members providing a pendular suspension of the body in relation to the chassis in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and permitting a limited movement of the body.
Abstract:
1,177,726. Air filters for I.C. engines. SOC. ANON. ANDRE CITROEN. 7 March, 1968 [18 April, 1967], No. 11096/68. Heading BIT. [Also in Division F1] A filter cartridge 18 is clamped in a compressor or I.C. engine intake silencer by means of cover 19 retained in position by a wing- nut 22 engaging a screw 23 on a strap 24 secured to the cartridge support 16. A sealing gasket 21 is interposed between the cover 19 and the aperture in the silencer casing 11.