Land vehicles – Wheeled – Running gear
Patent
1987-02-24
1988-08-02
Rice, Kenneth R.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Running gear
280703, 280707, B62D 902, B60G 1708
Patent
active
047610220
ABSTRACT:
Provided is a so-called active suspension controller for a vehicle especially effective during turning. The controller comprises: an actuator provided between the body and every wheel of the vehicle; sensors for a turning condition of the vehicle, here the turning condition including a steering angle, vehicle speed, yaw rate and others; and a control apparatus responsive to the sensed turning condition for driving the actuators in order to control the allotment ratio between the front and the rear axles of the load shift between the right and the left wheels. The allotted load shift realizes stable turning under various circumstances.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4564214 (1986-01-01), Tokunaga et al.
patent: 4575116 (1986-03-01), Miyata
patent: 4586728 (1986-05-01), Tokunaga et al.
Patent Abstracts of Japan, vol. 9, No. 268 (M-424) (1991), 25th Oct. 1985; and JP-A-60 113 714 (NISSAN), 20-06-1985.
Hamada Chiaki
Hirano Yutaka
Kawakami Hiroshi
Murakami Zensaku
Ohashi Kaoru
Rice Kenneth R.
Toyota Jidosha & Kabushiki Kaisha
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