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Adjusting automobile suspension system

  • US 4,371,191 A
  • Filed: 02/20/1980
  • Issued: 02/01/1983
  • 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 comprising:

  • sensing 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 centrifugal force acting on said vehicle;

    sensing means on said vehicle to sense longitudinal forces acting on said vehicle due to acceleration or deceleration;

    control means carried by said vehicle to receive sensed changes in vehicle performance as indicated by the said sensing means;

    said control means including means to alter and adjust camber, castor, toe-in/out, or wheel track of each said wheel with respect to said vehicle chassis to maintain optimum road contact between each said wheel and the road based on a correlation of the factors sensed by said sensing means.

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