Suspension system for motor vehicles

Claim 1

An improved suspension system for a motor vehicle having a body, pairs of wheels disposed on respective opposite sides of a longitudinal center line of a vehicle, suspension means for resiliently supporting said wheels and said body for relative movement, steering means for steering the forwardmost wheels of the pairs, lifting means interposed between each of said wheels and said body, said lifting means comprising a hydraulic cylinder normally disposed in a horizontal direction, means for pivotally supporting said hydraulic cylinder, a pair of toggle links, said cylinder assembly being operatively connected to the knee of said toggle links, the first of said toggle links being operatively pivotally connected to the respective wheel, and the other of the toggle links being operatively pivotally connected to the body for lifting of the body relative to the respective wheel upon actuation of the respective cylinder assembly, a pump for supplying fluid under pressure, and means responsive to the actuation of said steering means for actuating the cylinders associated with the pair of wheels on the outboard side of said vehicle upon steering of said vehicle in one direction for banking said vehicle into the turn.