Adjustable suspension, more particularly intended for automobile vehicles

Claim 1

AN ADJUSTABLE SUSPENSION FOR AN AUTOMOBILE VEHICLE COMPRISING AS MANY INDEPENDENT SUSPENSION SYSTEMS AS THERE ARE WHEELS, EACH OF SAID INDEPENDENT SYSTEMS COMPRISING THE COMBINATION: (A) OF A WHEEL-CARRYING LEVER PIVOTED ON A SHAFT ARRANGED IN A HORIZONTAL PLANE AND PERPENDICULAR TO THE LONGITUDINAL PLANE OF SYMMETRY OF THE VEHICLE, WHEN THIS LATTER IS MOVED IN A STRAIGHT LINE; (B) OF A DEFORMABLE ELASTIC DEVICE ADAPTED TO PIVOT ABOUT THE SAME PIVOTAL AXIS AS THAT OF SAID WHEELCARRIER LEVER AND TO BE LOCKED IN ANY GIVEN POSITION; (C) OF A COUPLING SYSTEM BETWEEN SAID WHEEL-CARRIER LEVER AND SAID DEFORMABLE ELASTIC DEVICE, WHEREBY ANY MOVEMENT OF THE WHEEL CAUSES THE INTERVENTION OF SAID DEFORMABLE ELASTIC DEVICE; (D) OF PIVOTALLY MOUNTED SUPPORTING MEANS FOR THE ASSEMBLY COMPRISING SAID WHEEL-CARRIER LEVER, SAID DEFORMABLE ELASTIC DEVICE AND SAID COUPLING SYSTEM; (E) OF A CONTROL SYSTEM ADAPTED TO CAUSE SAID DEFORMABLE ELASTIC DEVICE TO PIVOT ABOUT THE PIVOTAL AXIS OF SAID SUPPORTING MEANS BETWEEN TWO EXTREME POSITIONS AND TO BE LOCKED IN ANY REQUIRED INTERMEDIATE POSITIONS; (F) AND OF MEANS FOR PIVOTALLY MOUNTING SAID ASSEMBLY COMPRISING SAID ELASTIC DEVICE, LEVER AND CONTROL SYSTEM WITH RESPECT TO THE BODY OF THE VEHICLE, AS CONCERNS THE FRONT WHEELS.