GB1166556A - Vehicles and Methods of Loading and/or Unloading them - Google Patents

Vehicles and Methods of Loading and/or Unloading them

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Publication number
GB1166556A
GB1166556A GB912167A GB912167A GB1166556A GB 1166556 A GB1166556 A GB 1166556A GB 912167 A GB912167 A GB 912167A GB 912167 A GB912167 A GB 912167A GB 1166556 A GB1166556 A GB 1166556A
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Prior art keywords
springs
reservoir
tyres
chassis
loading
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GB912167A
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Walter Manning
Wilfred Leonard Turner
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Ford Motor Co Ltd
Ford Motor Co
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Ford Motor Co Ltd
Ford Motor Co
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Priority to GB912167A priority Critical patent/GB1166556A/en
Publication of GB1166556A publication Critical patent/GB1166556A/en
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60G—VEHICLE SUSPENSION ARRANGEMENTS
    • B60G17/00—Resilient suspensions having means for adjusting the spring or vibration-damper characteristics, for regulating the distance between a supporting surface and a sprung part of vehicle or for locking suspension during use to meet varying vehicular or surface conditions, e.g. due to speed or load
    • B60G17/02—Spring characteristics, e.g. mechanical springs and mechanical adjusting means
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60G—VEHICLE SUSPENSION ARRANGEMENTS
    • B60G17/00—Resilient suspensions having means for adjusting the spring or vibration-damper characteristics, for regulating the distance between a supporting surface and a sprung part of vehicle or for locking suspension during use to meet varying vehicular or surface conditions, e.g. due to speed or load
    • B60G17/02—Spring characteristics, e.g. mechanical springs and mechanical adjusting means
    • B60G17/04—Spring characteristics, e.g. mechanical springs and mechanical adjusting means fluid spring characteristics

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Vehicle Body Suspensions (AREA)

Abstract

1,166,556. Adjusting vehicle suspension height. FORD MOTOR CO. 25 Feb., 1967, No. 9121/67. Heading B7D. [Also in Division B8] When the sprung part of a vehicle is lowered relatively to the unsprung part to facilitate loading and unloading, the sprung-part rests on the tyres of the road wheels to inhibit movement of the vehicle. An axle 3 carrying road wheels 4 is connected to a chassis 2 carrying a load platform 1 by bell-crank levers 6, 7 splined to the ends of a torsion rod 8 which is rotatable in mountings 9 beneath the chassis 2 and acts as an anti-roll bar. Air springs 10, 11 acting on each lever 6, 7 are connected to a reservoir 14 through non-return valves (not shown), a control valve 15 and restrictors 17. The control valve 15 includes a spool which in a first position exhausts the reservoir and springs 10, 11 to facilitate servicing, in a second position pressurizes the springs 10, 11 from the reservoir 14 for normal running, in a third position exhausts the springs 10, 11 to lower the platform 1 on to the tyres 5 of the road wheels 4, and in a fourth position traps pressurized air in the springs and reservoir so that the system can be tested for leaks. Additional air springs acting on the levers 6, 7 in opposition to the springs 10, 11 may be pressurized during loading and unloading so that the platform 1 compresses the tyres 5 to further reduce the loading height. In other embodiments the chassis 2 is suspended by laminated or torsion bar springs and is lowered by an electric motor which may be protected by an overload clutch.
GB912167A 1967-02-25 1967-02-25 Vehicles and Methods of Loading and/or Unloading them Expired GB1166556A (en)

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GB1166556A true GB1166556A (en) 1969-10-08

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Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2579528A1 (en) * 1985-04-02 1986-10-03 Peugeot MOTOR VEHICLE AXLE WITH CORRECTION OF PLATE
GB2268913A (en) * 1992-07-01 1994-01-26 Colin Hugh Pearson Ashby Intermodal transport
GB2439214A (en) * 2006-06-14 2007-12-19 Michael Anthony Mumford Vehicle height adjustment mechanism

Cited By (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2579528A1 (en) * 1985-04-02 1986-10-03 Peugeot MOTOR VEHICLE AXLE WITH CORRECTION OF PLATE
EP0197850A1 (en) * 1985-04-02 1986-10-15 Automobiles Peugeot Motor vehicle axle with height regulation
GB2268913A (en) * 1992-07-01 1994-01-26 Colin Hugh Pearson Ashby Intermodal transport
GB2268913B (en) * 1992-07-01 1995-10-11 Colin Hugh Pearson Ashby Improvements in or relating to intermodal transport
GB2439214A (en) * 2006-06-14 2007-12-19 Michael Anthony Mumford Vehicle height adjustment mechanism

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