Body banking suspension apparatus for a vehicle

Patent · Tue Dec 30 00:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:6874879

Fujita, H; Honma, K; Ogawa, M

A suspension apparatus is described for a vehicle provided between a pair of right and left wheels of the vehicle and the vehicle body characterized in that one end portion of a suspension spring at a vehicle body side is secured to a movable member associated with a steering operation member for movement. The other end portion of the suspension spring is connected to a suspension arm, a lever member pivotally connected to the vehicle body is connected to the movable member, and a tie rod is connected to the lever member. This is done so that when the vehicle makes a turn, the vehicle body is caused to decline toward the turning center side according to the steering operation.

• Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo
• Patent Number(s): US 4632413
• OSTI ID: 6874879
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: Filed date 15 Feb 1985
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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