Rover Group Limited

Land Rover Group Limited

Phillip James Green

David Andrew Clare

Mark Pask

William Burdock

Richard G Woodhouse

Graham Robert Brookes

Richard Ian Sander

Richard John Smith

A vehicle suspension system includes a hydraulic anti-roll mechanism in which a pair of suspension arms ( ), on opposite sides of the vehicle, are mounted to the vehicle body pivots ( ). A pair of hydraulic struts ( ) are connected between the suspension arms and the body ( ). The struts are asymmetrically mounted so that one is inboard of its suspension arm pivot and the other is outboard of its suspension arm pivot. The two lower chambers of the struts ( ), through which the connecting rods ( ) of the pistons extend, are hydraulically interconnected, and so are the two upper chambers.

Vehicle suspensions

A vehicle roll stabilizing system uses front and rear stabilizer assemblies (,) which each use a stabilizer bar (,) and a hydraulic ram (,) to resist vehicle roll. Selector valves (,) select pressure from a pump (,) or return hydraulic oil to a reservoir (,) according to 4 modes, two of which the selector valve is in an on and an off condition, respectively. A diverter valve (,) operates to control the pump pressure in proportion to lateral acceleration to provide an actuator effort which resists roll during vehicle cornering. This effort is provided up to a limit equivalent to a lateral acceleration of approximately 0.4 g after which roll is allowed to increase, either by keeping the pump pressure (and hence effort) constant or by increasing the pump pressure at a reduced rate.

Vehicle roll stabilizing system

A motor vehicle suspension system includes rear suspension units to adjust ride height between sprung and unsprung parts of the vehicle, control means for monitoring and maintaining ride height at a particular setting and wheel speed monitoring means for monitoring wheel speeds. The control means provides a corrective up height change signal in the event of an unrequested height change and there existed before the unrequested height change a wheel speed signal indicative of vehicle movement. The corrective height change signal may be applied to each suspension unit or the control means may monitor abnormal vehicle activity and provide the corrective height change signal to the appropriate suspension unit. One example of abnormal vehicle activity is when the wheel speeds differ significantly, the control means responding to provide the corrective height change signal to the suspensions unit on the side of the vehicle with the highest wheel speed. A second example of abnormal vehicle activity is where the suspension units use fluid pressure to support the vehicle and a difference in pressures before and after the unrequested height change is used to provide the corrective height change signal to the suspension unit on the side of the vehicle with the lowest suspension pressure.

Motor vehicle suspension system

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Phillip James Green