| 摘要 |
<p>The invention relates to a suspension system for a vehicle road wheel and to vehicles equipped with the suspension system. In particular, the invention provides a road wheel suspension system comprising two arms mounted for oscillatory motion on respective fulcra on a support structure formed by the vehicle chassis or some part of the vehicle body, the two arms being pivoted at their other ends to spaced positons on a wheel-carrying element so that there is provided an articulated quadrilateral, and according to the invention, the wheel-carrying element has an extension beyond the part of that element which extends between the spaced pivots of the two arms, there being the road wheel mounting on this extension of the wheel-carrying element. According to preferred features of the invention, the two arms may be disposed on the same side of the wheel-carrying element or on opposite ideas of the wheel-carrying element, and the extnsion on which the wheel is mounted extends in a direction approximately parrallel with the ground, when the vehicle is unloaded. Specific embodiments of the invention include a motor-cycle a motor vehicle having the suspension system applied to both front and rear road wheels, and the undercarriage of an aircraft.</p> |
