US4625992A
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Vehicle suspension apparatus
Assignee: Mitsubishi Motors Corp
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Filing: 1985-01-24
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Granted: 1986-12-02
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Expires: 2005-01-24
Abstract
Abstract A suspension apparatus has suspension units which have individual fluid spring chambers and are arranged on the wheels. When a detected negative acceleration (deceleration) exceeds a reference negative deceleration, front wheel fluid supply valves are opened for a control time T to supply a predetermined amount of fluid to the front wheel spring chambers and rear wheel fluid extent valves are opened for the control time T to exhaust a predetermined amount of fluid from the rear wheel fluid spring chambers, thereby decreasing nose dive at the time of deceleration.
Inventors
- 👤 Tadao Tanaka
- 👤 Sunao Chikamori
- 👤 Mitsuhiko Harara
- 👤 Shinichi Takeuchi
- 👤 Yasutaka Taniguchi
- 👤 Masanaga Suzumura
- 👤 Minoru Tatemoto
- 👤 Naotake Kumagai
- 👤 Hiroki Abe
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 16:37
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60G; B60G17/00; B60G17/015; B60G17/016
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
139 words
A suspension apparatus comprising: suspension units mounted on respective wheels and having fluid spring chambers; fluid supply means for supplying a fluid to said fluid spring chambers of said suspension units through control valves; fluid exhaust means for exhausting the fluid from said fluid spring chambers through exhaust valves; acceleration detecting means for detecting acceleration acting on a vehicle body in a longitudinal direction thereof; and nose dive preventing means, for preventing a nose dive, in which front wheel fluid supply solenoid valves are opened for a control time T to supply the fluid to corresponding said fluid spring chambers and rear wheel fluid exhaust solenoid valves are opened for the control time T to exhaust the fluid from corresponding said fluid spring chambers when a negative acceleration detected by said acceleration detecting means exceeds a reference negative acceleration.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
139 words
A suspension apparatus comprising: suspension units mounted on respective wheels and having fluid spring chambers; fluid supply means for supplying a fluid to said fluid spring chambers of said suspension units through control valves; fluid exhaust means for exhausting the fluid from said fluid spring chambers through exhaust valves; acceleration detecting means for detecting acceleration acting on a vehicle body in a longitudinal direction thereof; and nose dive preventing means, for preventing a nose dive, in which front wheel fluid supply solenoid valves are opened for a control time T to supply the fluid to corresponding said fluid spring chambers and rear wheel fluid exhaust solenoid valves are opened for the control time T to exhaust the fluid from corresponding said fluid spring chambers when a negative acceleration detected by said acceleration detecting means exceeds a reference negative acceleration.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
40 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, which further comprises velocity detecting means for detecting vehicle velocity, said nose dive preventing means being rendered inoperative when the vehicle velocity detected by said velocity detecting means is smaller than a predetermined velocity.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
24 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control time T changes in accordance with the negative acceleration detected by said acceleration detecting means.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
42 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, which further comprises brake detecting means for detecting an operating state of a brake unit, said nose dive preventing means being rendered inoperative when said brake detecting means detects that the brake unit is not operated.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
91 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, which further comprises nose dive cancelling means for exhausting a predetermined amount of fluid from said front wheel fluid spring chambers by opening said front wheel fluid exhaust valves for the control time T when the negative acceleration detected by said acceleration detecting means is smaller than the reference negative acceleration, and for supplying a predetermined amount of fluid from said rear wheel fluid spring chambers by opening said rear wheel fluid supply valves for the control time T, thereby cancelling nose dive in deceleration.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
84 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, which further comprises flow rate control means having large and small diameter fluid paths in each of the paths for supplying the fluid to said fluid spring chambers and exhausting the fluid from said fluid spring chambers, said flow rate control means selecting said large diameter fluid path when nose dive control is performed by said nose dive preventing means and said small diameter fluid path when nose dive cancelling is performed by said nose dive cancelling means.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
37 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said front wheel fluid supply solenoid valves are opened for a period of time, and said rear wheel fluid exhaust solenoid valves are opened for a different period of time.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
116 words
A suspension apparatus comprising: suspension units mounted on respective wheels and having fluid spring chambers; fluid supply means for supplying a fluid to said fluid spring chambers of said suspension units through control valves; fluid exhaust means for exhausting the fluid from said fluid spring chambers through exhaust valves; acceleration detecting means for detecting an acceleration acting on a vehicle body along a longitudinal direction thereof; and nose dive preventing means, for preventing a nose dive, in which front wheel fluid supply solenoid valves are opened for a control time T to supply the fluid to corresponding said fluid spring chambers when a negative acceleration detected by said acceleration detecting means exceeds a reference negative acceleration.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
116 words
A suspension apparatus comprising: suspension units mounted on respective wheels and having fluid spring chambers; fluid supply means for supplying a fluid to said fluid spring chambers of said suspension units through control valves; fluid exhaust means for exhausting the fluid from said fluid spring chambers through exhaust valves; acceleration detecting means for detecting an acceleration acting on a vehicle body along a longitudinal direction thereof; and nose dive preventing means, for preventing a nose dive, in which front wheel fluid supply solenoid valves are opened for a control time T to supply the fluid to corresponding said fluid spring chambers when a negative acceleration detected by said acceleration detecting means exceeds a reference negative acceleration.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
141 words
A hydropneumatic type suspension apparatus comprising: suspension units mounted on respective wheels and having fluid spring chambers; fluid supply means for supplying a fluid to said fluid spring chambers of said suspension units through control valves; fluid exhaust means for exhausting the fluid from said fluid spring chambers through exhaust valves; acceleration detecting means for detecting acceleration acting on a vehicle body in a longitudinal direction thereof, and nose dive preventing means, for preventing a nose dive, in which front wheel fluid supply solenoid valves are opened for a control time T to supply the fluid to corresponding said fluid spring chambers and rear wheel fluid exhaust solenoid valves are opened for the control time T to exhaust the fluid from corresponding said fluid spring chambers when a negative acceleration detected by said acceleration detecting means exceeds a reference negative acceleration.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
141 words
A hydropneumatic type suspension apparatus comprising: suspension units mounted on respective wheels and having fluid spring chambers; fluid supply means for supplying a fluid to said fluid spring chambers of said suspension units through control valves; fluid exhaust means for exhausting the fluid from said fluid spring chambers through exhaust valves; acceleration detecting means for detecting acceleration acting on a vehicle body in a longitudinal direction thereof, and nose dive preventing means, for preventing a nose dive, in which front wheel fluid supply solenoid valves are opened for a control time T to supply the fluid to corresponding said fluid spring chambers and rear wheel fluid exhaust solenoid valves are opened for the control time T to exhaust the fluid from corresponding said fluid spring chambers when a negative acceleration detected by said acceleration detecting means exceeds a reference negative acceleration.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
138 words
A suspension apparatus comprising: suspension units mounted on respective wheels and having air spring chambers; air supply means for supplying air to said air spring chambers of said suspension units through control valves; air exhaust means for exhausting the air from said air spring chambers through exhaust valves; acceleration detecting means for detecting acceleration acting on a vehicle body in a longitudinal direction thereof; and nose dive preventing means, for preventing a nose dive, in which front wheel air supply solenoid valves are opened for a control time T to supply the air to corresponding said air spring chambers and rear wheel air exhaust solenoid valves are opened for the control time T to exhaust the air from corresponding said air spring chambers when a negative acceleration detected by said acceleration detecting means exceeds a reference negative acceleration.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
138 words
A suspension apparatus comprising: suspension units mounted on respective wheels and having air spring chambers; air supply means for supplying air to said air spring chambers of said suspension units through control valves; air exhaust means for exhausting the air from said air spring chambers through exhaust valves; acceleration detecting means for detecting acceleration acting on a vehicle body in a longitudinal direction thereof; and nose dive preventing means, for preventing a nose dive, in which front wheel air supply solenoid valves are opened for a control time T to supply the air to corresponding said air spring chambers and rear wheel air exhaust solenoid valves are opened for the control time T to exhaust the air from corresponding said air spring chambers when a negative acceleration detected by said acceleration detecting means exceeds a reference negative acceleration.
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