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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2024
Glydways Inc., South San Francisco, CA (US);
Erik Shahoian, Sonoma, CA (US);
Patrick Kessler, San Francisco, CA (US);
Glydways Inc., South San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
A vehicle may include a frame structure, four wheels, and four independent suspension systems coupled to the frame structure and configured to support the wheels relative to the frame structure. Each suspension system may include a suspension arm movably coupling a respective wheel to the frame structure, a torsion bar coupled to the suspension arm and imparting a spring force on the suspension arm, a preload arm coupled to the torsion bar, and a preload adjustment motor coupled to the preload arm and configured to rotate the torsion bar to adjust a preload on the torsion bar.