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Ground contact load control apparatus for vehicle

  • US 20050236782A1
  • Filed: 05/16/2003
  • Published: 10/27/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/07/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A ground contact load control apparatus for a vehicle comprising front and rear, left and right load bearing means for supporting the ground contact load of front and rear, left and right wheels, respectively;

  • a load changing means which can operate to change the load supported by each of the load bearing means;

    a vehicle state sensing means which senses the state of the vehicle; and

    a control means which controls the operation of the load changing means in accordance with a signal from the vehicle state sensing means, characterized in that a load changing means which can increase or decrease the ground contact load of any pair of diagonally opposed wheels and the ground contact load of the other pair of diagonally opposed wheels in opposite directions from each other and which can increase or decrease the ground contact load of diagonally opposed wheels in the same direction is employed as the load changing means.

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