VEHICLE BODY SUSPENSION SYSTEM

摘要

A vehicle (10) includes a body structure (12) that is suspended from a chassis (11) of the vehicle (10) by a vehicle body suspension system (17). The vehicle body suspension system (17) is constructed in a manner to allow relative movement to occur between the suspended body structure (12) and the chassis (11) in such a manner to at least partially isolate the suspended body structure (12) from the vibrations and accelerations of the chassis (11). The vehicle body suspension system (17) includes one or more spring/damper components (18) that comprise an elastomer body (20) that is surrounded and, therefore, reinforced by a reinforcing wall (22) constructed of a relatively rigid material. The vehicle body suspension system (17) may utilize one or more of the reinforced elastomer block spring/damper components (23) as bump stops (41) and/or primary spring/damper components (48).