Land vehicles – Wheeled – Running gear
Patent
1989-04-14
1991-03-05
Marmor, Charles A.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Running gear
280669, 280694, 267 31, 267 48, 36442405, 364562, B60G 1108
Patent
active
049972022
ABSTRACT:
A suspension system in a motor vehicle has a suspension including at least a resilient member extending transversely of the motor vehicle and having one end operatively coupled to a knuckle, the resilient member supporting a vehicle body of the motor vehicle, and a detector disposed on the resilient member for detecting at least one of a change in a load and a change in the height of the motor vehicle from the ground due to an external force applied to the suspension. The resilient member comprises at least a leaf spring, and the detector is attached to the leaf spring for detecting a strain of the leaf spring due to flexing thereof. A calculator is provided for calculating at least one of a vertical load applied to a road wheel coupled to the knuckle and a displacement of the road wheel with respect to the vehicle body based on a change in the strain detected by the detector.
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Kajiwara Hajime
Kitagawa Masashi
Sano Shoichi
Burt Pamela S.
Carrier Joseph P.
Finlay Tamara L.
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
Marmor Charles A.
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