Steering beam axle air spring suspension

摘要

A suspension system for a vehicle frame from a steering axle has first and second air springs mounted on the steering axle and directly below the frame to support a portion of vehicle weight. A trailing U-shaped stabilizer bar functions as a roll stiffener, lateral control element and fore-aft movement control element. Upper torque rods are positioned over the U-shaped stabilizer bar, creating an effective parallelogram linkage with the stabilizer bar on each side of the vehicle.