Land vehicles – Suspension modification enacted during travel – Including fail-safe override of hazardous condition
Reexamination Certificate
2007-12-25
2007-12-25
Dickson, Paul N. (Department: 3616)
Land vehicles
Suspension modification enacted during travel
Including fail-safe override of hazardous condition
C280S124157, C280S124160
Reexamination Certificate
active
10512771
ABSTRACT:
A vehicular suspension system having a fluid circuit including two fluid cylinders provided on respective front-wheel and rear-wheel sides, and two fluid passage systems one of which connects one of two fluid chambers of the fluid cylinder on the front-wheel side to the corresponding one of the two fluid chambers of the fluid cylinder on the rear-wheel side, and the other of which connects the other fluid chamber of the front-wheel side fluid cylinder to the other fluid chamber of the rear-wheel side fluid cylinder, the suspension system including a diagnosing device operable to diagnose the fluid circuit for any abnormality, on the basis of at least one of fluid pressures in the two fluid passage systems.
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Dickson Paul N.
Rocca Joseph
Toyota Jidosha & Kabushiki Kaisha
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