Vehicle suspension apparatus

Patent · Tue Jul 29 04:00:00 EDT 1986

OSTI ID:5286546

Tanaka, T; Chikamori, S; Harara, M; Taniguchi, Y; Suzumura, M; Tatemoto, M; Kumagai, N; Abe, H

A vehicle suspension apparatus is described comprising: front and rear wheel suspension units arranged at wheel positions and having fluid spring chambers, respectively; fluid supply means for supplying a fluid to the fluid spring chambers in the front and rear wheel suspension units, respectively, through front and rear wheel fluid supply valves; fluid exhaust means for exhausting the fluid from the fluid spring chambers in the front and rear wheel suspension units, respectively, through front and rear wheel suspension units, respectively, through front and rear wheel fluid exhaust valves; position control means for controlling the front and rear wheel fluid supply valves and the front and rear wheel fluid exhaust valves; an accelerator pedal sensor for detecting a state of an accelerator pedal of a vehicle engine and supplying a detection signal to the position control means; and a gear position sensor for detecting a gear change position of a transmission of a vehicle and supplying a detection signal to the position control means. The position control means supplies a control start signal to open the front wheel fluid exhaust valves and the rear wheel fluid supply valves for a predetermined period of time when a rapid acceleration of the vehicle is detected by the accelerator pedal sensor and the gear position sensor.

• Assignee: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo
• Patent Number(s): US 4602805
• OSTI ID: 5286546
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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