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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7753385 | Suspension system A suspension system for an agricultural or construction industry vehicle is described. The suspension system comprises two hydraulic cylinders which support a frame in relation to an axle of the vehicle, the hydraulic cylinders being hydraulically connected to one a... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7694984 | Vehicle roll control system A vehicle roll control system for a vehicle having a pair of front wheels and a pair of rear wheels each rotatable on an axle, comprising a front hydraulic actuator attached to the front torsion bar; a rear hydraulic actuator attached to the rear torsion bar; and co... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7396024 | Fluid pressure control apparatus for stabilizers A hydraulic pressure control apparatus for stabilizers controls hydraulic fluid in a hydraulic communication path hydraulically connecting cylinders each operatively connected to each stabilizer of a vehicle. The apparatus includes a spool valve provided in the hydr... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7390001 | Vehicle suspension system Four shock absorbers are connected to a control cylinder. The control cylinder includes a housing body portion having two cylinder chambers which are divided by a partition wall portion; and a piston assembly which is formed by coupling two pistons with each other u... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7390002 | Suspension system of vehicle In a suspension system (20) for use in a vehicle including a body, left and right front wheels (10), and left and right rear wheels (12), a front-wheel-associated cylinder device (52) which controls a relative displacement of the left and... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7354051 | Independent suspension system for a wheeled vehicle An independent suspension system for a wheeled vehicle includes a modified shock absorber, a leaf spring, and a wheel carrier. The shock absorber includes a cylinder, and a rod passing through the cylinder. The shock absorber is vertically mounted in a condition whe... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7350612 | Shock absorbing hydraulic system for all-terrain load-carrying vehicle, and all terrain load-carrying vehicle including such a hydraulic system A shock-absorbing hydraulic system for cushioning a structural part of an all-terrain load-carrying vehicle, said hydraulic system having a first, hydraulic front cylinder and a first, hydraulic rear cylinder (1, 2) being connected in series and being arrange... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7341263 | Hydropneumatic suspension A hydropneumatic suspension having at least one suspension cylinder (10) and at least one hydraulic accumulator configured as a suspension accumulator (18) has a pilot-actuated valve (20) for opening or blocking a fluid-carrying connection betwe... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7318595 | Variable ride control A skid steer vehicle has a chassis with four drive wheels suspended from the chassis that are damped by four damping cylinders. An electronic controller varies the damping of the cylinders in an automatic mode, based on certain operational parameters of the vehicle,... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7318594 | Active roll stabilization system An active roll stabilization system of a vehicle having an axle with at least two wheels, wherein the axle is provided with a roll stabilizer that is actuated by means of a hydraulic device. The hydraulic device is actuated and controlled by at least one pressure co... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7293780 | Vehicle roll control system A vehicle roll control system for a vehicle has a hydraulic actuator attached to a torsion bar. The system includes first and second pressure control valves fluidly connected in series between a pressure source and a reservoir, and a directional valve fluidly connec... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7290772 | Stabilizer control device for vehicle A stabilizer control device for vehicle includes a pair of stabilizer bars (31, 32) provided between a left wheel and a right wheel of a vehicle, and an actuator including a reduction mechanism (RD) connecting between said pair of stabilizer bars (31, 32 | 11/06/2007 |
| 7287769 | Retention for utility vehicle drive train sub-frame An engine and rear axle are mounted on a drive train sub-frame of a utility vehicle, with two generally parallel plates spaced from each other on the first end of the drive train sub-frame. A cross bolt extends laterally between the two plates and through an opening... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7249775 | Wheel suspension A wheel suspension for vehicles. The invention relates to both double axle vehicles and single axle vehicles. Feasible areas of use are: prams, carts (pulled manually or by a vehicle), walkers, wheel chairs, skateboards, luggage carts and motor vehicles. It is signi... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7226064 | Locking anti-motion suspension A skid steer vehicle has a suspension that includes a control arm pivotally coupled to the vehicle chassis that is supported by a hydraulic cylinder connected to an accumulator to provide springing. A hydraulic circuit coupled to the cylinder and accumulator permit ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7210688 | Suspension system for motor vehicle A vehicle suspension system of a motor vehicle includes a plurality of suspension devices mounted on the vehicle with respect to right and left wheels of the vehicle, respectively, a first behavior controller that controls the motion of each of the suspension device... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7192034 | Load based suspension motion limiting An articulated loader has an articulated chassis and two A-frames. The points of the A-frames face each other. The articulated chassis includes a front portion and a rear portion. Likewise, there is a front or first A-frame and a rear or second A-frame. The A-frames... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7073803 | Suspension system, in particular for a working machine A suspension system, in particular for a working machine, such as a tractor or similar device, with a suspension cylinder (10) is subjected to various load pressures (m). The piston slide (12) and rod side (14) of the system may each be connecte... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7063334 | Vehicle stability system using active tilting mechanism The present invention is a vehicle stability system that affords safe turn with higher speed as well as maximum brake performance and resists rollover by using one or more electrical and mechanical modes to shift the center of gravity of the vehicle into a more stab... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7055832 | Vehicle roll control system A roll control system for a motor vehicle comprising a torsion bar (16); a first hydraulic actuator (12) connected to one end (20) of the torsion bar and connectable to an axle (34) of the vehicle; a second hydraulic actuator (14) ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7044482 | Locking anti-motion suspension A skid steer vehicle has a suspension that includes a control arm pivotally coupled to the vehicle chassis that is supported by a hydraulic cylinder connected to an accumulator to provide springing. A hydraulic circuit coupled to the cylinder and accumulator permit ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6976689 | Linked suspension system for a vehicle A suspension system for a vehicle, having at least first and second shock absorbers. The first shock absorber has a first main piston, and the second shock absorber has a second main piston. The shock absorbers are motively linked such that when the first main pisto... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6948580 | Hydraulic tilting device for tilting a vehicle cab A hydraulic tilting device for tilting a cab mounted on the chassis of a vehicle between a driving and a tilted position comprises a reservoir for hydraulic fluid, a pump connected to the reservoir, and a double-acting hydraulic tilting cylinder. A lost-motion condu... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6935639 | Mean pressure estimation for compressible fluid strut A method and apparatus is provided for estimating the mean pressure in a compressible fluid strut. A database is employed containing values for mean pressure variation corresponding to a specific combination of motor speed and flow demand, and may also account for s... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6932367 | Integrated motor A device for converting electrical energy to mechanical energy is disclosed and claimed. The device includes a housing, a shaft, at least two coil assemblies, at least two magnets, and at least two electrical connectors. The shaft is supported by the housing and rot... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6929271 | Hydraulically compensated stabilizer system The present technique provides a stabilizer system comprising a plurality of piston cylinder assemblies, which have multiple interconnected chambers to provide cross compensation between suspension members coupled to those piston cylinder assemblies. The piston cyli... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6893033 | Integrated air spring and strut A strut for a vehicle suspension includes a hydraulic cylinder housing defining a hydraulic fluid chamber. The hydraulic cylinder includes an air passage adjacent to the chamber and separated therefrom by a first common wall. An air spring is supported on an upper p... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6886837 | Hydraulic suspension strut for an amphibious vehicle A hydraulic suspension strut (30) has a first on-off valve (58) connecting the first and second chambers (42 and 44), and a second on-off valve (62) connected to chamber (42) only. Suspension arm (3) of wheel (1 | 05/03/2005 |
| 6883810 | Air spring stiffness controller A method and apparatus for adaptively damping relative motion between the wheels and the frame of a heavy duty truck having a frame suspended on wheels by a suspension system. An air spring is disposed between the frame and at least one of the wheels having a primar... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6820877 | Wheeled type working vehicle The wheeled work vehicle according to the present invention comprises a link 4 that links at least either one of axles 1 and 1′ provided at the front and the rear of the vehicle to a body 70, suspension hydraulic cylinders 2 prov... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6698778 | Air suspension having a closed compressed-air system An air suspension for a vehicle includes at least one air spring per wheel at at least one vehicle axle, one pump, at least one accumulator, and one circuit arrangement for connecting these units, the pressure side of the pump being connected to the accum... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6598891 | Suspension for a four-wheeled vehicle A number of embodiments of four-wheeled vehicle suspension systems have interrelated front and rear shock absorbers so as to provide good control under normal suspension travel as well as resistance toward leaning, pitching, diving and squatting. In each ... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6575484 | Dual mode regenerative suspension for an off-road vehicle A vehicle suspension has one or more hydraulic cylinders connecting an axle to a frame of the vehicle and each cylinder has a first and second chambers. The suspension operates in either a regeneration mode, in which a fluid path is provided between the f... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6517094 | Hydraulic anti-roll suspension system for motor vehicles An anti-roll suspension system for a motor vehicle includes a plurality of double-acting cylinders coupling the unsprung and sprung portions of the vehicle. The upper fluid chamber of each cylinder is exclusively connected to the lower fluid chamber of th... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6511085 | Vehicle suspension apparatus A vehicle suspension system including a first and second hydraulic damper is provided. Each hydraulic damper is provided with a cylinder and a piston connected to one end of a hollow piston rod, such that the pistons freely slide in the cylinder. The syst... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6477455 | Device to control the dynamic stability of an industrial vehicle A device to control the dynamic stability of an industrial vehicle, where the chassis of the aforesaid vehicle is fitted with a pair of axles (10', 10"), extending from each of which are booms (12, 13, 12', 13'), fitted to the ends of which are articulate... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6457730 | Anti-roll bar with link actuator for controlling torsional rigidity An apparatus (12) for use in a vehicle suspension (10) comprises an anti-roll bar (28) having opposite first and second end portions (30 and 32). An intermediate portion (34) is interposed between the first and second end portions (30 and 32) and is subje... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6428024 | Control arrangement for vehicle suspension system A vehicle suspension control system that allows substantially vertical motion of each wheel relative to the vehicle body includes front and rear resilient support means for supporting the body, a front roll stabilization assembly interconnecting at least ... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6412759 | Method for controlling system including a controllable air spring and a controllable shock absorber connected in parallel The invention relates to a system which includes an air spring (2) which, in turn, encloses an air volume (16). The system also includes a controllable shock absorber (4) connected in parallel to the air volume. Furthermore, the system includes an ancilla... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6398236 | Lift axle suspension with axle reservoir A trailing arm suspension, alone or in combination with a vehicle having a vehicle frame supported by an axle with ground engaging wheels. The trailing arm suspension comprises a pair of spaced trailing arm assemblies, each of which includes a trailing ar... | 06/04/2002 |
