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Adjusting automobile suspension system

  • US 4,191,274 A
  • Filed: 08/22/1977
  • Issued: 03/04/1980
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/22/1977
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An adjusting vehicle suspension system for a vehicle having a chassis and an individual suspension system at each wheel of the vehicle comprisingsensing means at each wheel of the vehicle to sense the height of the vehicle chassis with respect to each said wheel;

  • sensing means on said vehicle to sense changes in steering wheel direction of said vehicle;

    sensing means on said vehicle to sense centrifugal force acting on said vehicle;

    control means carried by said vehicle to receive the sensed changes in vehicle height with respect to each said wheel, changes in steering wheel direction of said vehicle and centrifugal force acting on said vehicle;

    said control means including means for controlling camber adjustment means at each said wheel to effect changes in wheel camber to maintain optimum road contact between each said wheel and the road according to a predetermined camber for each wheel based on a correlation of the centrifugal force acting on the vehicle displacement of the vehicle sensed at each wheel.

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