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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2022
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventor:
Larry Dean Elie, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60G 17/016 (2006.01); B60B 21/00 (2006.01); B60K 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60G 17/016 (2013.01); B60B 21/00 (2013.01); B60K 7/0007 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle suspension system may include a vehicle chassis, a centerless wheel which may include a wheel rim and a tire, and a natural active suspension assembly which may operably couple the centerless wheel to the vehicle chassis via the wheel rim. The natural active suspension assembly may support the vehicle chassis at a substantially constant distance away from a ground plane by generating reactive torque to counteract displacement of the centerless wheel normal to the ground plane by moving a support location between the natural active suspension assembly and the wheel rim.