Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Off-road truck suspended with rubber spring device
- Patent Title (中): 越野卡车用橡胶弹簧装置悬挂
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Application No.: US13384959Application Date: 2011-05-23
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Publication No.: US08256795B2Publication Date: 2012-09-04
- Inventor: Tomoyuki Moriyama , Minoru Tazawa
- Applicant: Tomoyuki Moriyama , Minoru Tazawa
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Priority: JP2010-149241 20100630
- International Application: PCT/JP2011/061717 WO 20110523
- International Announcement: WO2012/002064 WO 20120105
- Main IPC: B60G5/00
- IPC: B60G5/00 ; B60G5/04 ; F16F1/40

Abstract:
A rubber spring device is formed by alternately laminating a plurality of layers of hard plates whose linear dimension W in a direction parallel to the longitudinal direction of each equalizer bar is shorter in plan view than a linear dimension H in a direction parallel to an axle direction, and rubber layers. The rubber spring device is disposed between an end portion of each equalizer bar and a center axle in an articulated dump truck, and is allowed to function as a suspension. Thus, even when the rubber spring device is deformed into an accordion shape, peak positions of an internal stress within each rubber layer can be dispersed and reduced, thereby preventing generation of cracks within each rubber layer.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120119464A1 Off-Road Truck Suspended with Rubber Spring Device Public/Granted day:2012-05-17
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