Suspension for vehicle
A suspension system is described for a vehicle, comprising: a shock absorber provided with a tube, a piston partitioning the interior of the tube into two liquid chambers and a piston rod connected to the piston and having a bypass path for affording communication between the two liquid chambers; a control shaft disposed in the piston rod of the shock absorber to open and close the bypass path; a support for coupling the piston rod to a car body and provided with a rigid valve base connected to the piston rod and having a hole in which a valve body is disposed and an elastic bushing disposed radially outward of and secured fixedly to the valve base. The bush is connected to the car body and has fluid chambers; the valve body being disposed in the hole of the valve base to afford and interrupt communication between the fluid chambers; and at least one actuator for operating the control shaft and valve body.
- Assignee:
- Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4653735
- OSTI ID:
- 6610226
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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