Land vehicles – Wheeled – Running gear
Patent
1990-05-09
1992-03-10
Rice, Kenneth R.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Running gear
280668, 280673, 280675, B62D 1700
Patent
active
050944720
ABSTRACT:
A camber control system varies the camber of a wheel of a motor vehicle. The camber control system includes a detector for detecting a direction in which front wheels are steered, a controller for producing a control signal in response to a signal produced by the detector, an actuator operable in response to the control signal from the controller, and a rear wheel camber varying mechanism actuatable by the actuator for varying the camber of rear wheels. The controller is arranged such that the control signal produced thereby enables the actuator to operate the rear wheel camber varying mechanism so that the camber of outer and inner rear wheels with respect to a motor vehicle turning direction corresponding to the direction in which the front wheels are steered, is rendered negative and positive, respectively. The rear wheel camber varying mechanism has a wheel supporting member for supporting a rear wheel rotatably thereon, and lower and upper coupling members interconnecting the wheel supporting member and a body of the motor vehicle. The upper coupling member is movable transversely of the motor vehicle body, and the actuator is coupled to a portion of the upper coupling member which is mounted on the motor vehicle body.
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Abe Masaru
Kurosawa Junko
Oyama Yasuharu
Sato Tsuyoshi
Yasuda Toru
Burt Pamela S.
Carrier Joseph P.
Finlay Tamara L.
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
Rice Kenneth R.
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