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Variable camber suspension system

  • US 6,874,793 B2
  • Filed: 05/15/2001
  • Issued: 04/05/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/21/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A suspension system for a vehicle having at least one set of transversely opposed wheels which may each rotate about a rotational axis, comprising:

  • sensor means for detecting lateral force acting upon the vehicle;

    adjustment means for adjusting camber of each of the wheels, wherein said adjustment means pivots the wheel about a pivot axis located above the rotational axis by displacing the wheel laterally at a point below the rotational axis; and

    a controller capable of receiving output from said sensor means, calculating from said output a negative camber for each of the outside wheels and a positive camber for each of the inside wheels when the vehicle is turning, and operating said adjustment means to dynamically adjust the wheels accordingly.

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