Camber control system for motor vehicle
US4971348A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 28, 1988 |
| Grant date | Nov 20, 1990 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 28, 2008 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60G2204/128
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A camber control system varies the camber of a wheel of a motor vehicle. The camber control system includes a detector for detecting a direction in which front wheels are steered, a controller for producing a control signal in response to a signal produced by the detector, an actuator operable in response to the control signal from the controller, and a rear wheel camber varying mechanism actuatable by the actuator for varying the camber of rear wheels. The controller is arranged such that the control signal produced thereby enables the actuator to operate the rear wheel camber varying mechanism so that the camber of outer and inner rear wheels with respect to a motor vehicle turning direction corresponding to the direction in which the front wheels are steered, is rendered negative and positive, respectively. The rear wheel camber varying mechanism has a wheel supporting member for supporting a rear wheel rotatably thereon, and lower and upper coupling members interconnecting the wheel supporting member and a body of the motor vehicle. The upper coupling member is movable transversely of the motor vehicle body, and the actuator is coupled to a portion of the upper coupling member …
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