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Adaptive load dependent suspension system

  • US 5,725,239 A
  • Filed: 03/26/1996
  • Issued: 03/10/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/26/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A suspension damping system for use with a vehicle having a chassis, the damping system including:

  • a spring interconnecting an unsprung portion of the vehicle and the vehicle chassis, said spring having a fluid therein;

    a shock absorber interconnecting the unsprung portion and the vehicle chassis;

    a first pressure circuit for conveying said fluid at a first pressure between said spring and said shock absorber;

    a second pressure circuit for conveying said fluid at a second pressure between said spring and said shock absorber, said first and second pressures being different; and

    means for selectively and discretely restricting passage of fluid to that of said first pressure or to that of said second pressure.

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