Walter L Adams -- Suspension -- US Patent # 1515716 --
Popular Science (June 1926)

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**Walter ADAMS**

**Suspension**

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As simple as it gets -- in use on large trucks...  


*****Popular Science* ( June 1926 )****

****A Springless Suspension for Motor Cars****

For a long time automobile designers have been working to
improve spring suspension, trying especially to get rid of
wearing parts. Walter L Adams, of new Haven CT, now claims to
have solved the problem by eliminating springs altogether and
substituting disks of rubber, in a unique invention of his.

In place of springs, he has devised a strong pressed-steel
cantilever arm and having a drum at the other end. The inner
face of this drum has teeth radiating from the center. A 
strong steel disk, also made with teeth, is bolted to the side
rail of the chassis. A bolt runs through the axis of the disk
and drum, and between the two is placed a rubber ring-shaped
cushion with teeth that fit in those of the disk and drum.

When the car hits a bump, the rubber cushion is squeezed
outward just as a rubber band would be stretched. No lubrication
is needed.

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**Suspension for Automobiles**

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**USP # 1,515,716**   
1924-11-18

Inventor: ADAMS WALTER L   
Applicant: ADAMS MOTORS CORP   
Classification:  - international: B60G13/04; B60G13/00; -
European: B60G13/04

Also published as:  GB236243 (A) // DE428971 (C1)****![](fig1.jpg) 
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