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Vehicle-attitude control device

  • US 3,895,816 A
  • Filed: 03/08/1974
  • Issued: 07/22/1975
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/12/1973
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A vehicle-attitude control device for an automotive vehicle having a frame and wheels, said device comprising:

  • centrifugal force sensing means operable to produce an output signal upon sensing a centrifugal force occurring when the vehicle travels along a curved course;

    telescopic shock absorbers arranged in left and right pairs between the frame and respective wheels of the vehicle;

    means operable upon reception of said output signal to controllably increase and decrease the amount of fluid in the left and right pairs of said shock absorbers thereby to tilt the vehicle frame laterally in a direction opposite to the direction of lateral swing ordinarily occurring under the action of said centrifugal force;

    vehicle-height controlling valve means associated with said respective shock absorbers and each operable to feed the associated shock absorber with pressure fluid upon contraction thereof below a predetermined length and to cause fluid exhaust from the associated shock absorber upon extension thereof above a predetermined length; and

    means operable to automatically render said vehicle-height controlling valve means ineffective upon operation of said centrifugal force sensing means.

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