Tire contact load control system

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1998-05-22

2000-03-14

Rice, Kenneth R.

Land vehicles

Suspension modification enacted during travel

Including condition or parameter adjustment occurring at...

280 552, B62B 502

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060361999

ABSTRACT:
An active actuator is interposed between the unsprung mass and the sprung mass of a vehicle, and a controller selectively extends and retracts the actuator at a prescribed acceleration so as to selectively apply an additional contact load to the wheel by making use of the inertial force of the sprung mass and/or the unsprung mass of the vehicle. A particularly advantageous result can be achieved by increasing the tire contact load according to the judgment of the vehicle operator who would, for example, actuate a switch at a desired or appropriate time such as when braking the vehicle, turning a curve or accelerating on a slippery road surface.

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patent: 5183127 (1993-02-01), Kageyama et al.
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