GB182485A - Improvements in and relating to motor vehicles having a plurality of driving axles - Google Patents

Abstract

182,485. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., (Assignees of Templin, E. W.). June 30, 1921, [Convention date]. Axle structures; axle distance members and torque-rods.-A motor vehicle having t w o front steering-wheels and four or more driving wheels is provided with equalizing springs between driving axles, with means for allowing slight lateral spring- controlled movement between driving axles and springs to facilitate turning, and with elastic torque-resisting connections between axles. The two driving axles for a six wheeled vehicle are shown in Figs. 3 and 4. Each axle consists of a wheelcarrying member 29, to the ends of which are secured an axle casing 47. The two differential gears are connected by a jointed shaft 101 and the live axles drive the wheels through reduction gearing. The main frame i s supported upon the axles by two equalizing springs 30 pivoted to the frame brackets 33 at points 32 which are located at substantially the same level as the axles of the loaded vehicle. The two axles are connected by torque-resisting members 102 which are so applied as to exert no other constraint upon the axles. Each torque-member consists of one or more plate springs having a vertical pivotal connection to one axle and a sliding connection to the other. The sliding member 103 and the pivotal member 104 on the front axle are formed as projections from a sleeve 98 secured to the axle casing, while the members 103, 101 on the rear axle project from a rotary annulus 107 held between ,a shoulder 99 and a sleeve 106 on the rear axle casing. Specification 117,540 is referred to.