| US 7,500,687 B2 | ||
| Vehicle suspension systems | ||
| Valerian John Dare-Bryan, Bury St. Edmunds (United Kingdom) | ||
| Assigned to Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, Md. (US) | ||
| Filed on Feb. 28, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/363,633. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0138741 A1, Jun. 29, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. B60G 7/02 (2006.01); B60G 11/28 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 280—124.109 [280/124.157] | 6 Claims |
| 1. A vehicle suspension system for a vehicle having a chassis, the suspension system including:—
a) a horizontally movable force-transmitting member,
b) an airbag arranged to act substantially horizontally so as to apply a substantially horizontal force to the horizontally
movable force-transmitting member,
c) a parallelogram linkage that acts between the force-transmitting member and a part of the vehicle chassis,
d) the parallelogram linkage including a rocker pivotally connected at its one end to said part of the vehicle chassis for
pivotal movement relative thereto about a substantially horizontal pivot axis, and
e) a push rod connected at its one end to the rocker at a position intermediate the ends of the rocker.
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