| 摘要 |
A lightweight goods vehicle has a chassis frame or subframe whose rear end can be lowered to the ground by de-pressurising the air in air suspension units (80) for the rear axle. The air suspension units (80) act between the chassis longitudinal members and the axle (74), and the axle is further controlled by modified leaf spring members (82A, 82B) which are articulated together at (86) and connected at their rear end by means of rear links or shackles (32) to the chassis member. The air bags (94) are preferably arranged in tandem to either side of the axle (74) and may be connected by a separate base plate (90) and saddle (92) to the axle (74) where the spring position is outboard of the chassis member position, or may be directly connected to the forward leaf spring part (82A) where the leaf spring positions underlie the chassis members. |
