TORSION BAR FOR SPRINGING OF TRANSPORT VEHICLE Russian patent published in 2014 - IPC F16F1/14 

FIELD: automobile production.

SUBSTANCE: torsion bar includes an elastic element made in the form of a cylindrical torsional spring with a variable turn pitch. Spring is arranged in a cylindrical casing. A flattened cone-shaped stock is placed inside the cylindrical spring. Diameter of the stock base is smaller than inner diameter of the spring. One end of the spring is attached to a lever and the other one is attached to a disc. The lever is rigidly attached to a bridge of a transport vehicle. The disc is rigidly attached to a load-carrying frame of the transport vehicle. One end of the flattened cone-shaped stock is attached to the lever, and the other one freely enters a hole made in the disc. Turns of the cylindrical spring with a minimum pitch are arranged on the disc side, and with a maximum pitch on the lever side.

EFFECT: improving smoothness of travel and stability of movement of a transport vehicle.

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