Land vehicles – Wheeled – Running gear
Patent
1990-11-19
1992-10-13
Marmor, Charles A.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Running gear
280709, 137 45, 188299, B60G 1126
Patent
active
051544423
ABSTRACT:
A damper for a vehicle suspension utilizes accelerometer elements for controlling damping rate in response to lateral or longitudinal ("horizontal") acceleration of the vehicle. The accelerometer can be a mass/spring assembly within the damper housing. The accelerometer is linked to at least one damping rate adjuster element, such as a variable orifice or pop-off valve, so that increasing displacement of the accelerometer, in response to increasing vehicle horizontal acceleration, varies the setting of the rate-controlling elements to modify the damping rate. The horizontal acceleration/damping curve can be "tuned," and can be varied in X and Y axes, by selecting various accelerometer weights and springs, or by utilizing multiple accelerometers.
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Graysay Tamara L.
Jacobs D.
Marmor Charles A.
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