VEHICLE BODY LOWERING SYSTEM

摘要

A vehicle body lowering system (350) installed in a motor vehicle having a wheeled carriage, a cargo/passenger compartment body (368), a door in the passenger compartment body for cargo loading and unloading or passenger embarking and debarking, and a spring suspension (366) for the buoyant support of the body above the carriage between a lower position and an upper position, the system including a drive (354) for forcing the body into the lower position comprising a power source and an interconnection (360) between the body and the carriage, and a manually-actuated control for energizing and deenergizing the power source. The interconnection is characterized by an operative condition at which the body is in the lower position under the control of the power source, and an inoperative condition at which the body is freely subject to the buoyant support of the spring suspension. The interconnection has at least one coupling to the body and at least one coupling to the carriage.