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Variable ride control

US7318595B2 · kind B2 · utility

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14Claims
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Filing dateMay 27, 2004
Grant dateJan 15, 2008
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Expiry dateApr 4, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60G2500/10
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A skid steer vehicle has a chassis with four drive wheels suspended from the chassis that are damped by four damping cylinders. An electronic controller varies the damping of the cylinders in an automatic mode, based on certain operational parameters of the vehicle, and in a manual mode in response to operator selection of a desired degree of suspension damping.

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