Wheel suspension with automatic camber adjustment

US6267387A · kind A · utility

Inventor

• Wolfgang Weiss · Ottobrunn, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 11, 1999
• Grant date: Jul 31, 2001
• Expiry date: Mar 11, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60G2800/012
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An independent suspension system for vehicles including wheel uprights which move in different directions relative to the chassis when negotiating curves. The system automatically adjusts the wheel camber based on the forces effective on the vehicle when negotiating curves. The relative movement with respect to the chassis of the parts of the wheel suspension having mutually different movements when negotiating curves is registered, and the wheel camber angle and/or the steering angle of the wheels is controlled with the aid of actuators.