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Suspension system for vehicle

US5584498A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 17, 1995
Grant dateDec 17, 1996
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Expiry dateApr 17, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60G2800/22
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Several embodiments of suspension systems for vehicle wheels arranged in pairs and having paired shock absorbers. The shock absorbers are interrelated in such a way that they provide a first degree of damping during certain kinds of suspension loadings and a second, different rate of damping in response to inertial conditions on the vehicle. Various control systems are disclosed.

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