McPherson dakatar wakiltar daya daga cikin iri na mota suspensions, a cikin abin da babban kashi ne a strut. Har yanzu an san shi a cikin mutane a matsayin "fitilu" ko dakatarwa a kan rassan shiryarwa. Da farko, wannan zane ya fito ne saboda sakamakon ci gaba da dakatarwa a kan ɗakuna biyu. A wannan yanayin, daga ƙasa ne kawai aka shigar da lever, kuma a maimakon na biyu sai ya zo da takalmin da ke da ƙasa a ƙarƙashin reshe kanta. A wannan na'urar, wani ɓangare na ƙananan hannu yawanci daukawa stabilizer mashaya. Hanya na dambar damuwa na motsa jiki don motar mota kamar dakatarwar McPherson tana taka muhimmiyar rawa. Don manufar yin gyare-gyare zuwa yanayin motar motar motar, ana amfani da hawan gefen hagu da hagu.
Marubucin wannan dakatarwa, wanda aka gina a cikin karni na karshe, shine Earl McPherson, injiniyan {asar Amirka, wanda a lokacin ya yi aiki don amfanin GM. Mai zanen ya ƙaddamar da shi ga Chevrolet Cadet, wanda yake samuwa ga mota na aiki, wanda za'a sayar a kasuwar Amurka. A sakamakon haka, ba a kaddamar da samfurin ba a kan mai tuƙin. A ƙarshe, motar farko mai girma, wadda ta yi amfani da McPherson mai dakatarwa, a 1948 ya zama Ford Vedet. Ya kamata a lura da gaskiyar cewa a farkon karni na 20, an dakatar da dakatarwa, ba a bambanta ba daga wannan. Alal misali, Guido Fornasa na Italiyanci "Fiat" ya haifar da irin wannan dakatarwa a shekarun da suka wuce, don haka akwai ra'ayi cewa Amurka har yanzu tana karbar waɗannan ci gaban.
Kamar yadda masanin injiniya McPherson ya shirya, za a iya dakatar da dakatarwa don gaba da baya. Wannan kuma ya ɗauka domin aikin Chevrolet Cadet. Duk da haka, a cikin motoci na farko da aka yi amfani da shi gaba ɗaya daga gaban. Domin ya rage wuya da tsari da kuma rage kudin da gina shi, da manufacturer ya yanke shawarar barin da raya dakatar misali - dogara, a tsaye leaf marẽmari da wani m aksali. A karo na farko da wannan saitin an amfani zuwa ga raya ƙafafun a cikin mota Lotus Elite a 1957 da Colin Chapman. Ana ci gaba da wannan, a wasu ƙasashe ake kira ana dakatar da Chapman. A cikin kasarmu, ana amfani da sunan "swinging candle" ko "fitilun fitilu" don amfani da wannan cigaban.
A cikin saiti na farko, an dakatar da McPherson ta hanyar gaskiyar cewa an saka haɗin motsa jiki a ciki akan ci gaba da gindin maɗaukaki na damuwa. Sakamakon haka, maƙasudin haɗariyar ƙwaƙƙwarar ita ce motsi na juyawa. Bayan ɗan lokaci, akwai wani aiki na canza shi waje, zuwa tayin motar, don haka hannun da aka samu ya zama ƙananan dabi'u. Wannan ya yi a cikin ƙarni na farko na da mota Volkswagen Passat da Audi 80. McPherson dakatar an kula na baya zuwa a kaikaice biyu levers a kinematic sigogi. Yana ɗaukar karin sarari a tsawo kuma yana watsa muryar ƙarar ƙarfi ga jiki. Bugu da ƙari, don yin gyaran ƙwaƙwalwar ƙwaƙwalwa ya zama dole don cire dukan ƙuƙwalwar. Akwai kuma abũbuwan amfãni: ƙananan ƙananan kuɗi, muni da ƙananan nauyi, bisa ga abin da, na'urar tana da fifiko mai yawa da kuma na zamani na motoci.
A cikin shekaru bakwai na karni na karshe, an dakatar da McPherson a yadu. Za a iya bayyana hakan ta hanyar gaskiyar cewa an warware dukkan matsalolin fasaha na zamani. Musamman, muna magana ne game da yiwuwar samar da samfurori na haɗari na damuwa tare da abin da ake bukata. Yanzu na'urar ta kasance mai amfani da fasaha, koda yake yawancin rashin daidaito, saboda haka ana amfani dashi a cikin masana'antar mota. A cikin shekarun tamanin, irin wannan dakatarwar ta karbe shi har ma da masu sayarwa na motoci masu tsada, tsakanin su Mercedes-Benz, BMW da Audi. Duk da haka, wani lokaci daga baya, irin wannan bukata ya ɓace, kuma manyan kamfanonin mota sun koma wurin dakatarwa a kan ɗakoki biyu. Ko da yake kuma yana da tsada sosai, amma duk ɗaya yana da mafi kyawun kinematic matakan samar da mafi yawan iyakacin motsa jiki.