18927014. LEAF SPRING FOR A VEHICLE (Volvo Truck Corporation)
LEAF SPRING FOR A VEHICLE
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Inventor(s)
Satheesha Krishna Monthimar of Bangalore IN
Goutam Mandal of West Bengal IN
LEAF SPRING FOR A VEHICLE
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18927014 titled 'LEAF SPRING FOR A VEHICLE
Original Abstract Submitted
A leaf spring for a vehicle suspension system, the leaf spring comprising a middle leaf plate located between an upper leaf plate and a lower leaf plate and a center bolt extending through an aperture of each of the leaf plates at a central region of the leaf spring, wherein the middle leaf plate has a wavy structure in the longitudinal direction where troughs and crests of waves of the wavy structure form longitudinally distributed contact points for transfer of load between the middle leaf plate and the upper and lower leaf plates, wherein the center bolt aperture of the middle leaf plate has an elongation in the longitudinal direction that is greater than that of the center bolt aperture of the upper and lower leaf plates so as to allow the middle leaf plate to move in the longitudinal direction relative to the upper and lower leaf plates.