| 摘要 |
A suspension arrangement, for example for a vehicle, comprising a hub 206 on an axle 207 rotatable about an axis, and a suspended member 210 such as a wheel, radially moveable relative to the hub. Radial movement of the suspended member relative to the hub is damped, preferably by a viscous element or layer between the hub and the suspended member. The viscous layer may be a polymer, or oil. Alternatively the damper may be a coil spring. The suspension arrangement has guides in the form of channels, grooves or slots in matching pairs on the hub and the suspended member, at an angle to one another. The guides 204 on the suspended member are preferably tangential, and preferably arc shaped. The guides 208 on the hub are preferably radial. The pairs of guide channels have linking elements, being balls or pins. The suspended member may be mounted upon a support member 202, and when the suspended member is a wheel, it may support a tyre 245 on the rim 244. An independent claim is for a method for suspending a suspended member, with a hub and a damping means. |
