초록 ▼

A vehicle suspension is designed to utilize lateral movement of the body of the vehicle relative to the wheels in order to control the sway or roll of the vehicle body relative to the ground. Several systems are disclosed for translating the roll tendancy of the body into lateral movement of the bod

A vehicle suspension is designed to utilize lateral movement of the body of the vehicle relative to the wheels in order to control the sway or roll of the vehicle body relative to the ground. Several systems are disclosed for translating the roll tendancy of the body into lateral movement of the body relative to the wheels without body roll. This system may be also used to control other suspension parameters such as ride height, spring rates, caster, camber, and toe-in. The system is also effective in reducing the load sensitivity of the suspension to understeer or oversteer.

대표청구항 ▼

An antiroll suspension for suspending at least one wheel from a vehicle body, said suspension comprising: wheel supporting means, at least one of said wheels being mounted to said supporting means; means suspending said body from said wheel supporting means, said suspending means comprising means fo

An antiroll suspension for suspending at least one wheel from a vehicle body, said suspension comprising: wheel supporting means, at least one of said wheels being mounted to said supporting means; means suspending said body from said wheel supporting means, said suspending means comprising means for translating the lateral inertia of said vehicle body during cornering into lateral translational movement of said vehicle body relative to said supporting means; spring means associated with each of at least two of said wheels, each said spring means having a first end pivotably attached to said supporting means and a second end pivotably attached to said vehicle body, said spring means being compressible and expandable substantially lineraly between said first and second ends and angling upwardly and inwardly from said first end to said second end so that lateral movement increases compression of the outer spring and reduces compression of the inner spring.