Mark Harvey Musselman

US Patent:

6478102, Nov 12, 2002

Filed:

Apr 21, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/838990

Inventors:

Benjamin S. Puterbaugh - Fort Wayne IN
Michael A. Taylor - Columbia City IN
Lucas E. Satter - Fort Wayne IN
Mark H. Musselman - Oxford MI

Assignee:

International Truck Intellectual Property Company, L.L.C. - Warrenville IL

International Classification:

B62D 33063

US Classification:

180 8912, 280124177, 280296, 28019007

Abstract:

A vehicle includes a body structure that is suspended from a chassis of the vehicle by a vehicle body suspension system. The vehicle body suspension system is constructed in a manner to allow relative movement to occur between the suspended body structure and the chassis in such a manner to at least partially isolate the suspended body structure from the vibrations and accelerations of the chassis. The vehicle body suspension system includes one or more spring/damper components that comprise an elastomer body that is surrounded and, therefore, reinforced by a reinforcing wall constructed of a relatively rigid material. The vehicle body suspension system may utilize one or more of the reinforced elastomer block spring/damper components as bump stops and/or primary spring/damper components.