Land vehicles – Wheeled – Running gear
Patent
1996-05-01
1997-12-16
Rice, Kenneth R.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Running gear
280714, B60G 1126
Patent
active
056976348
ABSTRACT:
A suspension system of an automotive vehicle including a spring disposed between an unsprung mass and a sprung mass for resiliently supporting thereon the sprung mass and a damping force generating mechanism arranged in parallel with the spring for absorbing vibration of the sprung mass relative to the unsprung mass, wherein the suspension system is provided with a spring element disposed in series with the damping force generating mechanism between the unsprung and sprung masses and an electrically operated control mechanism for controlling a spring coefficient of the spring element.
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Hattori Mitsunobu
Inoue Hideo
Kamimae Hajime
Kamimura Ichisei
Kojima Hiroyoshi
Rice Kenneth R.
Toyota Jidosha & Kabushiki Kaisha
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