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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7311316 | Stabilizer control apparatus In a stabilizer control apparatus for a vehicle, a stabilizer includes a pair of stabilizer bars disposed between a right wheel and a left wheel of the vehicle, and an actuator having an electric motor and a speed reducing mechanism disposed between the stabilizer b... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7311314 | Vehicular suspension system 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... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7305292 | Coordination of a vehicle dynamics control system with other vehicles stability systems Described is a device for stabilizing a vehicle in critical driving situations, including a vehicle dynamics control system having a control unit, including a vehicle dynamics control algorithm, and at least one actuator and an additional vehicle stability system ha... | 12/04/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7051851 | Locking suspension system A method and apparatus for controlling frame rise on a heavy duty truck having a frame, a drive axle connected to the frame, and a selectively lockable suspension component disposed therebetween for maintaining the relative position therebetween. Signals indicative ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6663113 | System and method for reducing stopping distance and improving traction in motor vehicles A method for improving the traction between a road surface and a motor vehicle having a pair of front wheels and a pair of rear wheels which engage the road, each front wheel mounted on a front axle, each rear wheel mounted on a rear axle, one of the axle... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6338014 | Control method for vehicle suspension system A method of controlling a vehicle suspension system for a vehicle body supported by a plurality of spaced apart wheels arranged in at least generally diagonally opposite pairs, the vehicle suspension system including an adjustment system for adjusting the... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6318742 | Hydro-pneumatic vehicle suspension system An X-type hydro-pneumatic vehicle suspension system has diagonally opposite wheel support cylinders cross connected rod side to bore side to make a pair of discrete hydraulic circuits for each pair of diagonally opposite wheels of the vehicle. Each discre... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6276693 | Roll control system for a motor vehicle A roll control system for installation between axially aligned wheels of a motor vehicle, the roll control system comprising a torsion bar; a first hydraulic actuator attached to one end of the torsion bar and attachable to one of the wheels; a second hyd... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6270098 | Load distribution unit for vehicle suspension system A load distribution unit is utilized in a vehicle suspension system having at least one pair of laterally adjacent forward wheel assemblies, and at least one pair of laterally adjacent rear wheel assemblies. A wheel ram is associated with each of the whee... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6254108 | Roll control system for a motor vehicle A roll control system (20) for installation between axially aligned wheels of a motor vehicle, the roll control system comprising a torsion bar (22); a first hydraulic actuator (24) attached to one end (28) of the torsion bar and attachable to one of the ... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6220613 | Hydro-pneumatic vehicle suspension system An X type hydro-pneumatic vehicle suspension system has diagonally opposite wheel support cylinders cross connected rod side to bore side to make a pair of discrete hydraulic circuits for each pair of diagonally opposite wheels of the vehicle. Each discre... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6092815 | Active chassis in a motor vehicle An active chassis in a motor vehicle has a controllable suspension system which includes passive spring elements between a wheel of the vehicle and a body of the vehicle as well as supporting units which are provided for the spring elements and can be adj... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6092011 | Apparatus and method for controlling damping force characteristic of vehicular shock absorber A damping force characteristic variable type shock absorber which takes a mode of operation into a first mode, a second mode, a third mode, and a fourth mode is connected to a damping force characteristic basic mode switching block and a damping force cha... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6055471 | Sprung mass estimating apparatus A sprung mass estimating apparatus applied to a vehicle having a suspension device detects a sprung mass acceleration "a" and an amount of relative displacement "s" of a sprung member relative to an unsprung member by using an acceleration sensor and a st... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6015155 | Motor vehicle suspension system A motor vehicle suspension system includes rear suspension units to adjust ride height between sprung and unsprung parts of the vehicle, control means for monitoring and maintaining ride height at a particular setting and wheel speed monitoring means for ... | 01/18/2000 |
| 5967529 | Vehicle with vertically movable and vertically pulsating wheels An all-terrain vehicle including centrally pivoted bogies on opposite sides of the vehicle body, a primary yoke mounted on the vehicle body and extending crosswise to the vehicle body for coupling the bogies to each other, a secondary yoke mounted on the ... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5915701 | Vehicle suspension system A vehicle having a load support body, and a pair of front ground engaging wheels and a pair of rear ground engaging wheels connected to the body to support the body is shown, with each wheel being displaceable relative to the body in a generally vertical ... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5638275 | Apparatus and method for controlling damping force characteristic of vehicular shock absorber In an apparatus and method for controlling damping forces of vehicular shock absorbers, at least one of pitch rate or roll rate of the vehicle is derived on the basis of output signals from at least three of wheel speed sensors located on front road wheel... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5547211 | Hydropneumatic suspension system with stabilization A hydropneumatic vehicle suspension system has two strut assemblies with hydraulic struts that act upon at least one hydropneumatic piston-type accumulator. The accumulator has a separating piston charged with hydraulic pressure on one side of a storage v... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5452919 | Suspension system for a vehicle A vehicle air suspension can be controlled between a Standard setting of ride height and a lower, Kneel, setting. Movement to or from the Kneel setting is frozen if a door is opened or if the footbrake is applied. Alteration to the Kneel setting is preven... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5431430 | Hydraulic sway control and motion dampening mechanism The mechanism is designed to control two critical performance characteristics of an automobile. The first is body roll or sway. The mechanism will counteract both the side to side roll and the forward roll encountered while cornering. In addition, the mec... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5228719 | Automotive active suspension system for anti-rolling control An automotive suspension control system for anti-rolling motion control is provided. This system serves to adjust wheel loads acting on driven wheels when a wheel speed difference between the driven wheels is greater than a preselected value, concluding t... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5016910 | Suspension cylinder control system for motor vehicles A suspension cylinder control system for motor vehicles for preventing a body roll occurring when a vehicle is rounding a curve at a high speed, a nose dive on braking, and a nose up occurring when a dumping body is raised in an unloading position, and al... | 05/21/1991 |
| 4930807 | Semi-active hydropneumatic suspension device and automotive vehicle equipped with this device The present invention relates to a semi-active hydropneumatic suspension device which comprises a hydraulic cylinder associated with each of the wheels, provided with a main chamber connected through the medium of a damper with a main hydropneumatic accum... | 06/05/1990 |
| 4861066 | Vehicle suspension systems A vehicle suspension system has a gas-spring hydraulic strut for each of its four wheels. Each liquid actuator chamber of the struts at one end of the vehicle is connected to further chamber in the in the diagonally opposite strut, which further chamber a... | 08/29/1989 |
