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Title:
KNEELING DEVICE FOR SUSPENSION VEHICLE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JPH0471915
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

PURPOSE: To enable kneeling and the return of height to be carried out in a short time by mechanically connecting in series a cylindrical spring suspension energized by a spring in the direction to raise the height to an air bellows on the kneeling side.

CONSTITUTION: An air suspension vehicle 12 is provided with a pair of right and left air bellows 18, 18' that have been arranged between an axle 14 and a frame 16, and with an air supplying means 22 for supplying air to these air bellows 18, 18' through a leveling valve 20. And a kneeling device 10 is provided with a cylindrical spring suspension 24 having a piston 24a that has been mechanically connected in series to an air bellows 18 on the kneeling side. Further, air cutoff means 28 for cutting off between the kneeling-side air bellows 18 and the leveling valve 20, and between the suspension 24 and the atmosphere respectively at the time of kneeling, and also a connecting means 30 for communicating the kneeling-side air bellows 18 with the suspension 24 are provided.


Inventors:
TAKEGAMI HIROSHI
Application Number:
JP18064990A
Publication Date:
March 06, 1992
Filing Date:
July 10, 1990
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
HINO MOTORS LTD
International Classes:
B60G17/015; B60G17/052; (IPC1-7): B60G17/015; B60G17/052
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Kikuchi Shinichi