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Anti-roll system with tilt limitation

  • US 5,040,823 A
  • Filed: 08/06/1990
  • Issued: 08/20/1991
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/23/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A system for roll compensation in a vehicle with front and rear wheels, a vehicle body, a body frame with means for rotatably supporting the wheels, and a suspension connecting the wheels and the body, the system comprising:

  • valved hydraulic signal means for providing a differential hydraulic signal indicative of vehicle turn direction, the differential hydraulic signal including a pressurizing hydraulic potential and a return hydraulic potential;

    a pair of front wheel hydraulic cylinder and piston assemblies connected to the body and the front wheels, each front wheel hydraulic cylinder and piston assembly including upper and lower ports and a piston slidable between the upper and lower ports;

    a pair of rear wheel hydraulic cylinder and piston assemblies connected to the body and the rear wheels, each rear wheel hydraulic cylinder and piston assembly including a cylinder with upper and lower ports and a piston slidable in the cylinder between the upper and lower ports;

    a first hydraulic means for hydraulically connecting the lower ports of the front wheel hydraulic cylinder and piston assembly to the valved hydraulic signal means;

    a second hydraulic means for hydraulically connecting the upper ports of the rear wheel hydraulic cylinder and piston assemblies;

    a first hydraulic connection between the upper port of a front wheel hydraulic cylinder and piston assembly connected to a right front wheel and the lower port of a rear wheel hydraulic cylinder and piston assembly connected to a right rear wheel;

    a second hydraulic connection between the upper port of a front wheel hydraulic cylinder and piston assembly connected to a left front wheel and the lower port of a rear wheel hydraulic cylinder and piston assembly connected to a left rear wheel; and

    tilt limitation means in each of the front wheel hydraulic cylinder and piston assemblies for return conduction of the hydraulic signal in response to cylinder and piston assembly expansion.

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