Automotive suspension system

Details Automotive suspension system Automotive suspension system

1985-01-09

1986-11-11

Mitchell, David M.

Land vehicles

Wheeled

Running gear

280690, 280716, 267 571A, B60G 304

Patent

active

046218300

ABSTRACT:
An automotive suspension system comprises a wheel support for supporting a wheel, and a wheel supporting member for connecting the wheel support to the vehicle body. The wheel supporting member includes front and rear resilient bushings spaced from each other by a predetermined distance in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body and the direction of the toe of the wheel is adapted to be changed according to the deformation of the front and rear bushings. The load-deformation characteristics of the front and rear bushings are selected so that the ratio of the amount of deformation of the front bushing for a given load to that of the rear bushing for the same load changes according to the magnitude of the side force acting on the wheel, thereby changing the steering characteristics according to the magnitude of the side force.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3147964 (1964-09-01), Wolf
patent: 3892284 (1975-07-01), Braess et al.
patent: 4139246 (1979-02-01), Mikoshiba
patent: 4269432 (1981-05-01), Inoue et al.
patent: 4457536 (1984-07-01), Rumpel
patent: 4513990 (1985-04-01), Morita
patent: 4530514 (1985-07-01), Ito
patent: 4537420 (1985-08-01), Ito
patent: 4542920 (1985-09-01), Kiyima

Affiliated with

Also associated with

Rating

Automotive suspension system does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.

If you have personal experience with Automotive suspension system, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Automotive suspension system will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-373376