Patent · US Expired

Vehicle suspensions

US6260860A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Rover Group Limited · GB

Inventors

Graham R. Brookes · Carmel, US
Richard G. Woodhouse · Shirley, GB
Christopher David Dixon · Saltburn by the Sea, GB

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 27, 2000
Grant date	Jul 17, 2001
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 27, 2020

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60G2800/20
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An independent vehicle suspension in which the height change which can be made while the vehicle is stationary is limited so as to prevent the system from having to make too great an associated track change. This prevents the system from becoming locked during a height change due to stiction between the wheels and ground which opposes the track change. The height change is completed when the vehicle is detected as starting to move.

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